The largest cities of Bashkortostan

The Republic of Bashkortostan is a subject of the Russian Federation, received its name in honor of the indigenous people living in the territory - Bashkir. It is located exactly on the border of Asia and Europe in the southern part of the high Ural Mountains. The Republic of Bashkortostan refers to the Volga Federal District and ranks seventh in Russia in terms of population - more than five million people. The main industries, especially developed in this region, are petrochemical, chemical, fuel and energy, metal processing, engineering, food and agriculture. Annually, more than 13% of the so-called gross regional product is produced here within the Volga region and about 2.7-2.9% of the total Russian volume. The largest cities of Bashkortostan, which account for the greatest burden, are Ufa, Salavat, Sterlitamak, Neftekamsk, Tuymazy and Oktyabrsky. The size of their population is also the largest.

City Ufa

The capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan is one of the fifteen cities with a million population of the Russian Federation. It was founded in 1574 right on the bank of a river called Belaya. Occupying in the territory of Bashkir Preduralye an area of more than 700 square meters. Km, the city stretches from the south-west to the northeast for as many as fifty kilometers. The main industries in which a large part of the population are engaged are machine building and oil refining. The basis of the capital's economy is the fuel and energy complex. In addition, there is a very well developed woodworking, food and light industry.

Sterlitamak

The second place in the rating "the largest cities of the Republic of Bashkortostan" is the city of Sterlitamak. It is located one hundred and twenty kilometers south of the capital and is an important center of engineering and chemical industry. The population of such a city of Bashkortostan, as Sterlitamak, is about six hundred to seven hundred thousand people. It is a developed industrial settlement with an established transport system and a full-fledged infrastructure. At the heart of the economy of Sterlitamak are various petrochemical and chemical enterprises.

Salavat

The largest cities of Bashkortostan include one of the centers of the so-called South Bashkortostan agglomeration - the city of Salavat. It is located in a hundred and sixty kilometers to the south of the capital. This is a fairly powerful production center, whose population is confidently approaching a mark of seven hundred thousand. Such cities of Bashkortostan as Salavat are regional centers of oil refining and chemical industry. At present, liquid fuel, high-pressure polyethylene, butyl alcohols and nitrogen fertilizers are produced here. In addition, the city has factories for the production of steel structures, technical glass, mineral wool and reinforced concrete products.

Oktyabrsky

Speaking about the largest populated centers of Bashkortostan, it is impossible not to mention the October. This city was founded in 1937 in the west of the republic, one hundred and eighty kilometers from Ufa. Its area is about ninety-nine square kilometers. This settlement has a significant mineral and raw materials base to ensure the production of various building materials. For example, sands for concrete and sand and gravel mixtures are produced on the Russian market by the city of October. Bashkortostan, thanks to the latter, is also famous for its fuel industry.