Ufa

Ufa (Bashkir: Өфө [ʏ̞ˈfʏ̞] ; Russian: Уфа́) is the largest city in and the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city is located where the Belaya and Ufa rivers meet. This area is in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the Ufa Plateau. It is to the west of the southern Ural Mountains. Over 1.1 million people live in the city.[12] As many as 1.4 million more people live in the area around the city. Ufa is the tenth-most populous city in Russia. It has the fourth largest population for a city in the Volga Federal District.

Ufa (English)
Уфа (Russian)
Өфө (Bashkir)
-  City[1]  -
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Coat of arms of Ufa.svg
Flag of Ufa.svg
Coat of arms
Flag
Anthemnone[2]
Administrative status
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Bashkortostan[1]
Administratively subordinated tocity of republic significance of Ufa[1]
Capital ofRepublic of Bashkortostan[3]
Municipal status
Urban okrugUfa Urban Okrug[4]
Head[5]Sergey Grekov
Representative bodyCity Council[5]
Statistics
Area707.93 km2 (273.33 sq mi)[6]
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)
1,062,319 inhabitants[7]
Rank in 201011th
Population (January 2016 est.)1,121,429 inhabitants[8]
Density1,501/km2 (3,888/sq mi)[9]
Time zoneYEKT (UTC+06:00)
Founded1574[10]
City status since1586[11]
Postal code(s)450000–450010, 450013–450015, 450017–450019, 450022, 450024, 450026–450030, 450032–450035, 450037–450040, 450043–450045, 450047, 450049–450059, 450061–450065, 450068, 450069, 450071, 450073–450081, 450083, 450091–450093, 450095–450101, 450103–450106, 450880, 450890, 450911–450948, 450951–450966, 450971–450979, 450981–450986, 450989–450999, 901139, 901229, 992200
Dialing code(s)+7 347
Official website

The city was founded in 1574. This is when a fortress was built on the site of the city by order of Ivan the Terrible. Ufa was made capital of Ufa Governorate in 1865 when the governorate split from Orenburg Governorate.

Today, Ufa's economy is based mainly on the oil refining, chemistry and mechanical engineering industries. The petroleum company Bashneft and several of its subsidiaries have their headquarters in Ufa. People of many different ethnic groups live in Ufa. The city is home to a large number of ethnic Bashkirs and Tatars, Most of the population is ethnicly Russian. Several educational institutions are in Ufa. They include Bashkir State University, Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University and Ural State Law University.

Ufa Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Resolution #391
  2. The official website of Ufa does not list an anthem among the official symbols of the city.
  3. Law #166-z
  4. Law #162-z
  5. 5.0 5.1 Charter of Ufa, Article 18
  6. Official website of Ufa. Land Utilization (in Russian)
  7. "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); no-break space character in |accessdate= at position 9 (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. Republic of Bashkortostan Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Оценка численности постоянного населения Республики Башкортостан на 1 января 2016 г. по муниципальным образованиям (in Russian)
  9. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  10. Official website of Ufa. Brief Information About Ufa (in Russian)
  11. Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 498. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  12. "RUSSIA: Privolžskij Federal'nyj Okrug: Volga Federal District". City Population.de. August 4, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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