Meleuz (russian: Мелеу́з; ba, Мәләүез, ''Mäläwez'') 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 bank of the
Belaya River, 205 km south 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:
History
It was a peasant village since 1786. In 1795, 434 people lived in the village, and in 1865, the village had 870 residents. The settlement started developing in the 1930s, when
petroleum
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fields were discovered in the south of Bashkortostan and in the 1970s with the production of
mineral fertilizers. It became a town in 1958.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Meleuz 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
Meleuzovsky District
Meleuzovsky District (russian: Мелеу́зовский райо́н; ba, Мәләүез районы) is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fift ...
,
even though it is not a part of it.
[Resolution #391] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the
town of republic significance of Meleuz—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 Meleuz is incorporated within Meleuzovsky Municipal District as Meleuz Urban Settlement.
[Law #126-z]
Climate
The climate of Meleuz is continental with relatively cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature is .
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Cities and towns in Bashkortostan
Ufa Governorate