Asnakajewo

city Asnakajewo Азнакаево ( Russian ) Азнакай ( Tatar ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Asnakajewo mayor Marsel Sufarowitsch Schaidullin Founded 1762 City since 1987 surface 21  km² population 34,853 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1660 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 85592 Post Code 423330-423332 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 403 Website aznakayevo.tatarstan.ru Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 51 '  N , 53 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 51 '0 "  N , 53 ° 4' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

List of cities in Russia

Asnakajewo ( Russian Азнака́ево ; Tatar Азнакай Aznaqay ) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) with 34,853 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Bugulma-Belebeier heights about 380 km southeast of the republic capital Kazan on the Sterli (Stjarle), a left tributary of the Ik, which flows into the Kama .

Asnakajewo is administratively directly subordinate to the republic and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

The nearest railway station is Jutasa, 34 km away on the Ulyanovsk - Tschischmy (- Ufa ) line.

history

Asnakajewo emerged as a village in 1762. After the discovery of oil deposits in 1951, a workers' settlement was established, which in 1956 received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1987 it was granted city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2,725
1959	11,721
1970	21,864
1979	26,721
1989	32,171
2002	35,412
2010	34,853

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Asnakajewo has had a local museum since 1999 and the newly built White Mosque (Akmetschet) since 1997 .

Five kilometers from the city is the 334 meter high mountain Chatyrtau.

In the village of Assei , ten kilometers away , is the mausoleum of an ishan from the 19th century.

economy

The main branch of the economy is oil and gas production through Tatneft ( Asnakajewneft area ). There is also vehicle and mechanical engineering ( Neftemasch , supplier for the oil industry) as well as the textile and food industry.

Web links

• Rajon Administration website (Russian)
• City portal (Russian, Tatar)
• Asnakajewo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)