| En Name: | Baltasi |
| Ru Name: | Балтаси |
| Loc Name1: | Балтач |
| Loc Lang1: | Tatar |
| Coordinates: | 56.35°N 62°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Federal Subject: | Republic of Tatarstan |
| Adm District Jur: | Baltasinsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Baltasinsky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
| Mun District Jur: | Baltasinsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Baltasi Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Baltasinsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Baltasi Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 7711 |
| Established Date: | beginning of the 17th century |
| Current Cat Date: | 2004 |
| Postal Codes: | 422250, 422279 |
Baltasi (Russian: Балтаси́; Tatar: Балтач) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Baltasinsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Shoshma River (right tributary of the Vyatka), 106km (66miles) from the republic's capital of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,711.
It was established in the beginning of the 17th century.[1] Baltasi served as the district administrative center in 1932–1963, and again since 1965. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 2004.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Baltasi serves as the administrative center of Baltasinsky District, of which it is a part.[2] As a municipal division, Baltasi, together with three rural localities, is incorporated within Baltasinsky Municipal District as Baltasi Urban Settlement.[3]
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 Kazan–Agryz line, 25km (16miles) northwest of Baltasi.
| Baltasi population | |
| Bodystyle: | width:23.5em |
| Label1: | 2010 Census |
| Data1: | 7,711 |
| Label2: | 2002 Census |
| Data2: | 6,996 |
| Label3: | 1989 Census |
| Data3: | 5,064 |
| Label4: | 1979 Census |
| Data4: | 3,924 |
In 1992, the majority of the population was Tatar.