The place in Sarmanowo Rajon was founded in 1964 and received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1968. It is named after the Tatar poet Musa Cälil (Russian Муса Джалиль / Mussa Jalil). The main line of business is oil production.
Population development
year
Residents
1970
3,856
1979
7,671
1989
11,298
2002
14,769
2010
13,937
Note: census data
Individual evidence
↑ 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)