En Name: | Tuymazy |
Ru Name: | Туймазы |
Loc Name1: | Туймазы |
Loc Lang1: | Bashkir |
Coordinates: | 54.6°N 95°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Tuimazy rayon (Bashkortostan).png |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Bashkortostan |
Adm City Jur: | town of republic significance of Tuymazy |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Tuymazinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of republic significance of Tuymazy |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Tuymazinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Tuymazy Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Tuymazinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Tuymazy Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 66836 |
Pop 2010Census Rank: | 231st |
Established Date: | 1912 |
Current Cat Date: | 1960 |
Postal Codes: | 452750 |
Dialing Codes: | 34782 |
Tuymazy (ru|Туймазы́; ba|Туймазы, Tuymazı) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located 145km (90miles) from Ufa. Population: It is an industrial town, with petroleum and natural gas industries and mechanical engineering being the most important economic assets.
It was founded in 1912 as a railway station and was granted town status in 1960.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tuymazy serves as the administrative center of Tuymazinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Tuymazy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Tuymazy is incorporated within Tuymazinsky Municipal District as Tuymazy Urban Settlement.[3]
According to the 2002 Census, ethnic composition of the town was:
44.6%
25.3%
27.7%