Ufa

Ufa Уфа
City[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Bashkir	Өфө
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: none[2]
Location of Ufa
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Coordinates: 54°43′34″N 55°56′51″E / 54.72611°N 55.94750°E / 54.72611; 55.94750
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Bashkortostan[1]
Founded	1574[3]
City status since	1586[4]
Government
• Body	City Council[5]
• Head[5]	Sergey Grekov
Area [6]
• Total	707.93 km2 (273.33 sq mi)
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[7]
• Total	1,062,319
• Estimate  (2018)[8]	1,120,547 (+5.5%)
• Rank	11th in 2010
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	city of republic significance of Ufa[1]
• Capital of	Republic of Bashkortostan[9]
• Capital of	city of republic significance of Ufa[1], Ufimsky District[10]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Ufa Urban Okrug[11]
• Capital of	Ufa Urban Okrug[11], Ufimsky Municipal District[11]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [12])
Postal code(s)[13]	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
OKTMO ID	80701000001
Twin towns	Ankara, Halle (Saale), Chelyabinsk, Qiqihar
Website	ufacity.info

Ufa (Bashkir: Өфө [ʏ̞ˈfʏ̞] (help·info), romanized: Üfü; 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.^[14] 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.

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.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Cite error: The named reference Ref13 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ The official website of Ufa does not list an anthem among the official symbols of the city.
3. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Est was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference gr was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Charter of Ufa, Article 18
6. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Area was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
7. ↑ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
8. ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
9. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Capital was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
10. ↑ Cite error: The named reference OKATO was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
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12. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
13. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
14. ↑ "RUSSIA: Privolžskij Federal'nyj Okrug: Volga Federal District". City Population.de. August 4, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.