Dyurtyuli (russian: Дюртюли; ba, Дүртөйлө, ''Dürtöylö'') is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
Republic of Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик ...
,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
Belaya River northwest of
Ufa
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital 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 ...
. Population:
Etymology
In the
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different and Bashkir languages, the name of the town means "four houses".
History
The first mention of the town was in 1795.
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 1964; town status was granted in 1989.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Dyurtyuli serves as 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 ...
of
Dyurtyulinsky District
Dyurtyulinsky District (russian: Дюртюли́нский райо́н; ba, Дүртөйлө районы, ') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of th ...
,
even though it is not a part of it.
[Resolution #391] As an administrative division, it is, together with the
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
of
Argamak, incorporated separately as the
town of republic significance of Dyurtyuli—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
As a
municipal division, the town of republic significance of Duyrtyuli is incorporated within Dyurtyulinsky Municipal District as Dyurtyuli Urban Settlement.
[Law #126-z]
Demographics
As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition of the town was:
*
Tatars
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different : 64.9%
*
Bashkirs
, native_name_lang = bak
, flag = File:Bashkirs of Baymak rayon.jpg
, flag_caption = Bashkirs of Baymak in traditional dress
, image =
, caption =
, population = approx. 2 million
, popplace ...
: 22.5%
*
Russians
, native_name_lang = ru
, image =
, caption =
, population =
, popplace =
118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate)
, region1 =
, pop1 ...
: 9.7%
*
Mari: 1.6%
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
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Official website of DyurtyuliDyurtyuli Business Directory
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Cities and towns in Bashkortostan