Ufa
Russia /
Baskortostan /
Ufa /
World
/ Russia
/ Baskortostan
/ Ufa
, 3 km from center (Уфа)
World / Russia / Bashkortostan
city, capital city of state/province/region, district center, City of Labour Valour
Ufa (Bashkir: Өфө [ʏ̞ˈfʏ̞], romanized: Üfü; Russian: Уфа́) is the largest city in and the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the Ufa Plateau to the west of the southern Ural Mountains, with a population of over 1.1 million residents, up to 1.4 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Ufa is the tenth-most populous city in Russia, and the fourth-most populous city in the Volga Federal District.
The city was founded in 1574, when a fortress was built on the site by order of Ivan the Terrible. Ufa was made capital of Ufa Governorate in 1865 when the governorate split from Orenburg Governorate. Ufa's population expanded during the early 20th century.
Today, Ufa's economy consists primarily of the oil refining, chemistry, and mechanical engineering industries; the petroleum company Bashneft and several of its subsidiaries are headquartered in Ufa. Ufa is an ethnically diverse city, home to a substantial number of ethnic Bashkirs and Tatars, with an ethnic Russian majority population. Several educational institutions are located in Ufa, including Bashkir State University, Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, and Ural State Law University. The city hosted separate summits of the BRICS group as well as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2015.
The city was founded in 1574, when a fortress was built on the site by order of Ivan the Terrible. Ufa was made capital of Ufa Governorate in 1865 when the governorate split from Orenburg Governorate. Ufa's population expanded during the early 20th century.
Today, Ufa's economy consists primarily of the oil refining, chemistry, and mechanical engineering industries; the petroleum company Bashneft and several of its subsidiaries are headquartered in Ufa. Ufa is an ethnically diverse city, home to a substantial number of ethnic Bashkirs and Tatars, with an ethnic Russian majority population. Several educational institutions are located in Ufa, including Bashkir State University, Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, and Ural State Law University. The city hosted separate summits of the BRICS group as well as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2015.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufa
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°43'49"N 56°2'16"E
- Magnitogorsk 228 km
- Orenburg 318 km
- Chelyabinsk 332 km
- Kopeysk 347 km
- Samara 431 km
- Kazan 476 km
- Ulyanovsk 516 km
- Kurgan 585 km
- Saratov 760 km
- Makhachkala 1438 km
- Dudkino 0.5 km
- Slope 4 0.7 km
- Olympic-park ski resort 0.8 km
- Soviet district of Ufa 3.5 km
- Oktyabrskiy Rayon of Ufa 4.1 km
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