Blagoveshchensk (Bashkortostan)

city Blagoveschensk Благовещенск ( Russian ) Благовещен ( Bashkir ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Bashkortostan Rajon Blagoveshchensk Founded 1756 Earlier names Blagoveshchensky Zavod (until 1941) City since 1941 surface 65  km² population 34,239 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 527 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34766 Post Code 453430-453434 License Plate 02, 102 OKATO 80 417 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 2 ′  N , 55 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  N , 55 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bashkortostan

List of cities in Russia

Blagoveschensk ( Russian Благове́щенск , listen ^{? / I} ; Bashkir Благовещен / Blagoveščen ) is a city in the Republic of Bashkortostan ( Russia ) with 34,239 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Blagoveschensk is located in the southern Ural foothills , about 40 km north of the republic capital Ufa on the Belaya , a left tributary of the Kama . The city should not be confused with the capital of the same name in the Amur Oblast in the Far East of Russia.

Blagoveshchensk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

The place was established in 1756 with the opening of the Blagoweschtschenski Sawod copper works and received city rights in 1941.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	11,674
1959	12,876
1979	21,127
1989	27,705
2002	32,989
2010	34,239

Note: census data

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Web links

Commons : Blagoveshchensk (Bashkortostan)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Rajonsverwaltung (Russian)
• City unofficial website (Russian)
• Blagoveshchensk 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)