Baltasi (russian: Балтаси́; tt-Cyrl, Балтач) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Baltasinsky District Baltasinsky District (russian: Балтаси́нский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Балтач районы, ''Baltaç rayonı'') is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The ...

in the Republic of Tatarstan,

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, located on the

Shoshma River The Shoshma (russian: Шошма; tt-Cyrl, Шушма, ''Şuşma''; chm, Шошма, ''Šošma'') is a river in Mari El, Tatarstan and Kirov Oblast, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Vyatka. Its length is , of which are in Tat ...

(right

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the Vyatka), from the republic's

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Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,711.

History

It was established in the beginning of the 17th century.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 16 Baltasi served as the district

in 1932–1963, and again since 1965.

Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status was granted to it in 2004.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Baltasi serves as the

, of which it is a part.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, Baltasi, together with three rural localities, is incorporated within Baltasinsky Municipal District as Baltasi Urban Settlement.Law #49-ZRT

Economy

As of 1997, industrial enterprises in Baltasi included a butter factory and a fur factory; agriculture was also developed. The nearest railway station is Shemordan on the

–

Agryz Agryz (russian: Агры́з; tt-Cyrl, Әгерҗе, ''Ägerce'') is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census ...

line, northwest of Baltasi.

Demographics

In 1992, the majority of the population was

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

References

Notes

Sources

* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Tatarstan Kazansky Uyezd