Ufa

For other uses, see Ufa (disambiguation).

Ufa
Уфа
City[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • BashkirӨфө
From the top to bottom-right, Aerial view of Central Ufa, Lala Tulpan, Monument to Salavat Yulaev, New Belsky Bridge, Ufa Cathedral
Flag of Ufa
Flag
Coat of arms of Ufa
Coat of arms
Location of Ufa
Map
Ufa is located in Bashkortostan
Ufa
Ufa
Location of Ufa
Ufa is located in European Russia
Ufa
Ufa
Ufa (European Russia)
Ufa is located in Europe
Ufa
Ufa
Ufa (Europe)
Coordinates: 54°43′34″N 55°56′51″E / 54.72611°N 55.94750°E / 54.72611; 55.94750
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBashkortostan[1]
Founded1574[2]
City status since1586[3]
Government
 • BodyCity Council[4]
 • Head[4]Ratmir Mavliev
Area
[5]
 • Total
707.93 km2 (273.33 sq mi)
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[6]
 • Total
1,062,319
 • Estimate 
(2018)[7]
1,120,547 (+5.5%)
 • Rank11th in 2010
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
 • Subordinated tocity of republic significance of Ufa[1]
 • Capital ofRepublic of Bashkortostan[8]
 • Capital ofcity of republic significance of Ufa,[1] Ufimsky District[9]
 • Urban okrugUfa Urban Okrug[10]
 • Capital ofUfa Urban Okrug,[10] Ufimsky Municipal District[10]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[11])
Postal code(s)[12]
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 ID80701000001
Websiteufacity.info

Ufa (/ˈuːfə/ OO-fə; Russian: Уфа [ʊˈfa]; Bashkir: Өфө, romanized: Öfö, IPA: [ʏ̞ˈfʏ̞] ⓘ) 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,[14] 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 the 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.

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  4. ^ a b Charter of Ufa, Article 18
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  6. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). 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.
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