Ust-Katav (russian: Усть-Ката́в) 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 Chelyabinsk Oblast,

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, located on the

Yuryuzan River The Yuryuzan (, ''Yuryuzán''; , ''Yürüźän'') is a river in the Republic of Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Ufa (Kama basin).

. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated as the

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 ...

of Ust-Katav—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Resolution #161 As a municipal division, the Town of Ust-Katav is incorporated as Ust-Katavsky Urban Okrug.

Economy

Ust-Katav is best known for its factory

UKVZ The Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant, officially the Ust-Katavskiy Carriage Works named after S. M. Kirov (russian: Усть-Катавский вагоностроительный завод имени С. М. Кирова, Ust'-Katavskiy Vagonost ...

, which is the production place of the world's most numerous model of

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, the KTM-5.

Transportation

Ust-Katav is situated near the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...

, as well as the M5 "Ural" motorway.

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* {{Authority control Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast Ufa Governorate Naukograds Monotowns in Russia