Samara

Also known as Kuybyshev, Samara, Russia

Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents, up to 1.22 million residents in the urban agglomeration, not including Novokuybyshevsk, which is not conurbated. The city covers an area of , and is the eighth-largest city in Russia and tenth agglomeration, the third-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District.

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Samara is a major Russian city of over 1.14 million people located where the Volga and Samara rivers meet, serving as the administrative center of Samara Oblast. It ranks as Russia's eighth-largest city and is an important population center in the Volga region, historically known as Kuybyshev during the Soviet period until 1991.

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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Samara
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Самара
Russian inhabited locality.other_name: Kuybyshev
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Samara Oblast#European Russia#Russia#Europe
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Samara (Samara oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Samara (Samara oblast).svg
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Samara Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_inhabloc_jur: city of oblast significance of Samara
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Samara Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Volzhsky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: City
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Samara Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Samara Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Volzhsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.elevation_m: 100
Russian inhabited locality.area_km2: 541.4
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 1164685
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census_rank: sixth

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Samara (russo: Самара; IPA: [sɐˈmarə]), conhecida de 1935 a 1991 como Kuibyshev (russo: Куйбышев; IPA: [ˈkujbɨʂɨf]), é a sexta maior cidade da Rússia e o centro administrativo do Oblast de Samara. Situa-se na parte sudeste da Rússia Europeia, na confluência dos rios Volga e Samara, na margem leste do Volga, que funciona como a fronteira oeste da cidade; do outro lado do rio estão as Montanhas Zhiguli, nome pela qual a cerveja local (Zhigulyovskoye) é nomeada. O limite norte é formado pelas colinas de Sokolyi e pelas estepes no sul e leste. A cidade abrange 46.597 hectares, com uma população de 1.164.685 (Censo 2010), a área metropolitana formada por Samara-Togliatti-, tem uma população de mais de três milhões de habitantes. A cidade, localizada às margens do rio Volga, é conhecida pelo seu importante centro aeroespacial, bem como pelo seu multiculturalismo, por sua diversidade religiosa e seus festivais, sendo o mais famoso o festival , a cidade também se destaca nos campos de engenharia mecânica e metalúrgica e possui um estádio, a Cosmos Arena, construído para ser uma das sedes da Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2018.

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