Salavat
Салават
City
Other transcription(s)
 • BashkirСалауат
Neftyanikov Street
Neftyanikov Street
Flag of Salavat
Flag
Coat of arms of Salavat
Coat of arms
Location of Salavat
Map
Salavat is located in Russia
Salavat
Salavat
Location of Salavat
Salavat is located in Bashkortostan
Salavat
Salavat
Salavat (Bashkortostan)
Coordinates: 53°22′N 55°56′E / 53.367°N 55.933°E / 53.367; 55.933
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBashkortostan
Founded1948
City status since1954
Government
 • BodyCity Duma
 • HeadFarid Gilmanov
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total156,095
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
152,354 (−2.4%)
 • Rank113th in 2010
 • Subordinated tocity of republic significance of Salavat[3]
 • Capital ofcity of republic significance of Salavat[3]
 • Urban okrugSalavat Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofSalavat Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
453250
Dialing code(s)+7 3476
OKTMO ID80739000001
Websitearchive.today/20121205045122/http://salavat.ru/

Salavat (Russian: Салава́т; Bashkir: Салауат, romanized: Salawat) is a city in Bashkortostan, Russia.

Demographics

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The population according to recent censuses was 156,095 (2010 Census);[1] 158,600 (2002 Census);[7] 149,627 (1989 Census).[8]

History

The city is named after Bashkir national hero Salawat Yulayev. It was founded in 1948 and granted town status in 1954.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Salavat—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of districts.[3] As a municipal division, the city is incorporated as Salavat Urban Okrug.[4]

Economy

The city was founded to support the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat petrochemical plant that is the main local employer. Other factories include glass, textile and clothing factories.

It is a major center of oil refining and petrochemicals. Salavatnefteorgsintez produces liquid fuels, alcohols, butyl, polyethylene of high pressure, nitrogen fertilizers, etc.). The processing capacity of the complex is 11.7 million tons a year.

The oil refinery complex is near pipelines associated with Ishimbay, Shkapova, and Arlan oil fields, Kargaly and Orenburg region gas fields, Karachaganak and Kazakhstan condensates, as well as Sterlitimak chemical enterprise.

Salavatneftemash is a car repair and experimental prototype for the production of steel structures. In addition, JSC Salavatsteklo is a large technical glass plant. Other factories produce concrete and mineral wool products, garments, hunting equipment and jerseys. Food and woodworking production also takes place.

Government

The Head of the administration is Farit Farrakhovich Gilmanov. Larisa Vladimirovna Davydova serves as the Head of Salavat Urban Okrug and the Chairman of Salavatsky Municipal District.

Education and culture

The city has twenty-six secondary educational institutions, including three high schools, three lyceums, one boarding school, and nineteen secondary schools. Music and arts schools are present.

A branch of the Ufa State Petroleum Technical University operates in the city.

Cultural facilities include the Bashkir Drama Theater, four palaces of culture, a movie theater, a museum, and an art gallery.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Resolution #391
  4. ^ a b c Law #162-z
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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