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Meleuz (; , Mäläwez) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the bank of the Belaya River, 205 km south of Ufa. Population:

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Meleuz is a human settlement in Russia that serves as the capital of Meleuzovsky District. Located in the Bashkortostan Republic, the town has an official name of Мәләүез and uses Bashkir and Russian as its official languages. It was first recorded in writing in 1753 and was established in 1800. The settlement covers an area of 32 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 170 meters above sea level.

The population of Meleuz is listed as 62,949, with another source citing 65,362 residents. The local dialing code is 34764, and the postal code is 453850. The town operates in the UTC+05:00 time zone, also identified as Asia/Yekaterinburg. Its official website is admmeleuz.ru.

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Place details

Locality
Мелеуз
Region
Башкортостан
Country
Россия
Population
65,362
Timezone
Asia/Yekaterinburg

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4.1 µg/m³
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Key facts

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Meleuz
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Мелеуз
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МәләүезMäläwez
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Bashkir
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Здание Администрации города.jpg
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right
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Coat of arms of Meleuz.svg
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Republic of Bashkortostan
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
town of republic significance of Meleuz
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
Meleuzovsky District
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town of republic significance of Meleuz
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Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Meleuzovsky Municipal District
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Meleuz Urban Settlement
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Meleuzovsky Municipal District
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Meleuz Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.area_km2
32
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
61390

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Administrative and municipal status
  • Climate
  • References
  • Notes
  • Sources

Meleuz (; , Mäläwez) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the bank of the Belaya River, 205 km south of Ufa. Population:

== History == It was a peasant village since 1786. In 1795, 434 people lived in the village, and in 1865, the village had 870 residents. The settlement started developing in the 1930s, when petroleum fields were discovered in the south of Bashkortostan and in the 1970s with the production of mineral fertilizers. It became a town in 1958.

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