Ufa ( , ; ; , ) is the capital and largest city 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, 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.
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Ufa is the capital and largest city of Bashkortostan, Russia, located where two rivers meet in the southern Ural region, with a population of over 1.1 million people. It ranks as Russia's tenth-most populous city and serves as an important urban center in the Volga Federal District.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
- 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
- Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes
- 347
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://ufacity.info
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Ufa
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Уфа
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Өфө
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- Bashkir
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia Bashkortostan#European Russia#Europe
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Ufa.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of arms of Ufa.svg
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Ufa ( , ; ; , ) is the capital and largest city 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, 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.