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Ufa (English)
Уфа (Russian)
Өфө (Bashkir)
Уфа (Tatar)
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Ufa
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Ufa is located in Bashkortostan
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Ufa
Location of Ufa in the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 54°45′N 55°58′E / 54.75°N 55.967°E / 54.75; 55.967Coordinates: 54°45′N 55°58′E / 54.75°N 55.967°E / 54.75; 55.967
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Coat of arms
Flag
City Day June 12[citation needed]
Administrative status (as of March 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Bashkortostan[1]
Administratively subordinated to city of republic significance of Ufa[2]
Capital of Republic of Bashkortostan[1]
Administrative center of city of republic significance of Ufa,[2] Ufimsky District[citation needed]
Municipal status (as of January 2011)
Urban okrug Ufa Urban Okrug[3]
Administrative center of Ufa Urban Okrug[3]
Head[4] Irek Yalalov[4]
Representative body City Council[citation needed]
Statistics
Area 710.16 km2 (274.19 sq mi)[citation needed]
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)		 1,062,300 inhabitants[5]
- Rank in 2010 11th
Population (2002 Census) 1,042,437 inhabitants[6]
- Rank in 2002 11th
Density 1,496 /km2 (3,870 /sq mi)[7]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+06:00)[8]
Founded 1574[9]
City status since 1586[citation needed]
Postal code(s) 450xxx[citation needed]
Dialing code(s) +7 347[citation needed]
Official website
Ufa on WikiCommons

Ufa (Russian: Уфа́; Bashkir: Өфө) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is the industrial, economic, scientific and cultural center of the republic. Population: 1,062,300 (2010 Census preliminary results);[5] 1,042,437 (2002 Census);[6] 1,082,052 (1989 Census).[10]

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[edit] History

Early color photograph of Ufa taken in 1910 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky

The city began as a fortress built on the orders of Ivan the Terrible in 1574, and originally bore the name of the hill it stood on, Tura-Tau. It was granted town status in 1586.

In the 18th century Ufa evolved into an administrative, trading, manufacturing and cultural center of Russia. Ufa Municipal Public Bank was established on December 15, 1876.

In 1918, Ufa was the residence of the Provisional All-Russian Government.

On June 14, 1922, the Decree of the All-Union Central Executive Committee abolished Ufa Governorate, and Ufa became the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

The discovery of oil in Bashkiria made Ufa one of the centers of the USSR oil extracting and oil refining industries.

During World War II, following eastward Soviet retreat in 1941, Ufa became the wartime seat of the Soviet Ukrainian government.

[edit] Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, along with twenty-four rural localities, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Ufa—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] Municipally, the city of republic significance of Ufa is incorporated as Ufa Urban Okrug.[3]

[edit] Geography and climate

View of Ufa over the Belaya River

Ufa is situated in eastern Europe near its land boundary with Asia, at the confluence of the Belaya and the Ufa rivers, on low hills to the west of the southern Urals. The city stretches 50 kilometers from the southwest to the northeast and occupies over 710 square kilometers. The distance from Moscow by train is 1567 km.

Climate data for Ufa
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −10.4
(13.3)		 −8
(18)		 −0.6
(30.9)		 10.5
(50.9)		 20.1
(68.2)		 23.8
(74.8)		 25.5
(77.9)		 22.9
(73.2)		 17.1
(62.8)		 7.0
(44.6)		 −1.2
(29.8)		 −7
(19.4)		 8.31
(46.95)
Average low °C (°F) −19.5
(−3.1)		 −18.6
(−1.5)		 −11.2
(11.8)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 6.7
(44.1)		 11.2
(52.2)		 13.5
(56.3)		 10.7
(51.3)		 6.1
(43.0)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 −7.5
(18.5)		 −15
(5.0)		 −2.03
(28.34)
Precipitation mm (inches) 40
(1.57)		 32
(1.26)		 27
(1.06)		 37
(1.46)		 38
(1.5)		 61
(2.4)		 63
(2.48)		 58
(2.28)		 53
(2.09)		 60
(2.36)		 54
(2.13)		 46
(1.81)		 569
(22.4)
Avg. precipitation days 11 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 11 11 11 109
Source: World Meteorological Organisation (UN) [11]

[edit] Demographics

Nationally, dominated by Russian (50,2%), Bashkirs (14,8%) and Tatars (28,1%). In addition, numerous (more than 1000 people) are Ukrainians (17,772 people), Chuvash (10,586 people), Mari (9616 people), Belarusians (5556 people), Mordovians (3975 people), Armenian (2822 people), Germans (2213 people), Jews (2082 people), Azeris (2075 people).[12]

[edit] Government and administration

Local government

The bodies of local self-government of Ufa are:

  • Council, a representative body. Formed of 35 deputies for 4 years.
  • Chairman of the Board - the head of the city district. Term of 4 years.
  • Urban Okrug Administration. The structure of the administration approved by the Council on the proposal of the Head of the Administration.
  • Head of the Administration manages the administration on the principles of unity of command. He is appointed under a contract entered into by the results of the competition. Term of office of the Head of the Administration limited to the period of office of the Council of the convocation.[13]

Republican and federal

  • Electoral Commission of the Urban Okrug
  • Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan
  • Ministries of the Republic

Courts In Ufa is Constitutional Court, Arbitration Court and Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan,[14] and War, world and district court.

[edit] Economy

[edit] Industry

Urban enterprises engaged in oil refining, chemistry, mechanical engineering. The economy of Ufa amount of fuel and energy and engineering complexes.

The volume of shipped goods of own production, made its own works and services to manufacturing industry in 2009 - 185.0 billion rubles. ((DB regions of the Volga district))

In Ufa holds about 200 large and medium industrial enterprises.[15]

There are some important enterprises in Ufa:

  • UMPO (Ufa Engine Industrial Association) (Russian: ОАО «Уфимское моторостроительное производственное объединение»): founded in 1925 whose main products are jet engines[16]
  • Bashneft (Russian: ОАО «АНК «Башнефть»»): oil and gas company[17]
  • UFNC (Ufaneftekhim) (Russian: ОАО «Уфанефтехим»): oil and petrochemical company[18]

[edit] Finance

Ufa is a donor of the republic's and federal budgets. About 62.8 % of tax revenues accumulated on the territory of Ufa City municipal district of Bashkortostan Republic are directed to the federal budget and 29 % to the republic's budget.

[edit] Transport

Ufa is linked by railways to the rest of Russia, having a railway station on a historic branch of the Transsib. Ufa is the only city connected to Moscow by more than one Federal highway. The M7 motorway links the city to Kazan and Moscow and the M5 motorway links Ufa to Moscow and to the Asian part of Russia.

Ufa International Airport has international flights to UAE, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, as well as domestic flights to many Russian cities and towns.

  • Tramway

  • Bus

  • File:Moskvich Fortuna.jpg

    Riverboat

[edit] Sports

Ufa Arena

Ufa's football club FC Ufa play in the Russian Second Division. Ufa is the biggest city in Europe never to have been represented in top-flight football.[19] The city ice hockey club Salavat Yulaev Ufa plays in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), being the KHL Champion (2010/2011) and two-time Russia Champion (2007/2008, 2010/2011). The Ural Volleyball club are also based in Ufa.

[edit] Education and science

Educational institutions include:

[edit] Religion

The main religious confessions in the city are Islam (Sunni) and Orthodox Christianity (the city - the center of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Ufa and Sterlitamak). Ufa is the seat of the central authorities and Mufti Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia and European CIS countries.

The majority of the population are adherents of Orthodox Christianity with an estimated 50% being Orthodox and the remaining 45% made up of a mainly Islam with small numbers of Jews and other religions.

  • St. Nicholas Church

  • Intercession Church

[edit] Culture

Bashkir State Academic Theater of Drama

The city has Bashkir, Russian, and Tatar State Drama Theaters, a State Opera and Ballet Theater, a National Symphony Orchestra, "Bashkortostan" film studio, philharmonic collectives, and the Bashkir State Folk Dance Ensemble.

[edit] Notable people

Famous citizens of Ufa include:

[edit] International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

[edit] Twin towns and sister cities

Ufa is twinned with:

[edit] Gallery

  • Bashkir State University (BSU)

  • Ufa State Petroleum Technical University (USPTU)

  • Ufa science center of Russia academy of science

  • Ufa state aviation technical university

  • Belaya River embankment

  • Sipailovo microdistrict

  • Ufa at evening

  • "Gostiny Dvor"

  • Lenina street

  • Zagir Ismagilov Monument

  • Luna-Park on Kashkadan

  • Pension Fund of Bashkortostan

  • Ufa Central Department Store

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Ufa - capital of Bashkortostan Republic
  2. ^ a b c Resolution #391
  3. ^ a b c Law #162-z
  4. ^ a b Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration
  5. ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  6. ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
  9. ^ History of Ufa
  10. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  11. ^ "World Weather Information Service – Ufa". United Nations. http://www.worldweather.org/107/c00659.htm. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
  12. ^ National composition of population of the Republic of Bashkortostan (according to the All-Russia population census 2002). Statistical handbook. Bashkortostanstat. Ufa. 198 p.
  13. ^ Charter of the Urban Okrug of Ufa of the Republic of Bashkortostan
  14. ^ federal law enforcement and judicial system in the Republic of Bashkortostan
  15. ^ Ufa - capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan
  16. ^ UMPO Website, accessed 22 October 2008
  17. ^ Google finance: BANE, accessed 22 October 2008
  18. ^ Google finance: UFNC, accessed 22 October 2008
  19. ^ "Now that Hull City are playing Premiership football, which is the largest European city never to have had a top-flight team?". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,,-197918,00.html. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  20. ^ Ufa Soviet Cafeterias and IKEA Furniture The St. Petersburg Times The leading English-language newspaper in St. Petersburg

[edit] Sources

  • Правительство Республики Башкортостан. Постановление №391 от 29 декабря 2006 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Башкортостан», в ред. Постановления №70 от 18 марта 2011 г «О внесении изменений в реестр административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Башкортостан». Опубликован: "Ведомости Государственного Собрания – Курултая, Президента и Правительства Республики Башкортостан", №5 (251), ст. 239, 12 марта 2007 г. (Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Resolution #391 of December 29, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Entities and Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Bashkortostan, as amended by the Resolution #70 of March 18, 2011 On Amending the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Entities and Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Bashkortostan. ).
  • Государственное Собрание —Курултай Республики Башкортостан. Закон №162-з от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О границах, статусе и административных центрах муниципальных образований в Республике Башкортостан», в ред. Закона №357-з от 31 января 2011 г «О переносе административных центров Новопетровского и Тляумбетовского сельсоветов Кугарчинского района Республики Башкортостан». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 33. Опубликован: "Республика Башкортостан", №52 (25785), 22 марта 2005 г. (State Assembly of Bashkortostan—El Kurultai. Law #162-z of December 17, 2004 On the Borders, Status, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, as amended by the Law #357-z of January 31, 2011 On Changing the Administrative Centers of Novopetrovsky and Tlyaumbetovsky Selsoviets of Kugarchinsky District. Effective as of the date established in accordance with the provisions of Article 33.).

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