Ishimbai

city Ischimbai Ишимбай ( Russian ) Ишембай ( Bashkir ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Bashkortostan Rajon Ishimbai head Sergei Nikitin Founded 1932 City since February 10, 1940 surface 157  km² population 66,259 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 422 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34794 Post Code 453200-453215 License Plate 02, 102 OKATO 80 420 Website www.ishimbaimr.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 27 '  N , 56 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '0 "  N , 56 ° 2' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bashkortostan

List of cities in Russia

Ischimbai ( Russian Ишимба́й ; Bashkir Ишембай / Işembaj ) is a city in the Republic of Bashkortostan ( Russia ) with 66,259 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the western edge of the Southern Urals , about 150 km as the crow flies south of the republic capital Ufa on the Belaja (Agidel), a left tributary of the Kama .

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

history

Ischimbai was founded in 1932 as an oil workers' settlement near the Bashkir village of Ischembai , which has been known since 1815 , after the first Bashkir oil was discovered there.

As early as 1934, the status of an urban-type settlement was given, and on February 10, 1940, town charter.

Population development

Ischimbai Palace of Culture

year	Residents
1939	21,836
1959	46,568
1970	54,232
1979	56,993
1989	69,896
2002	70.195
2010	66,259

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

• Natalija Hryhorjewa (* 1962), Ukrainian hurdler
• Galina Kuklewa (* 1972), Russian biathlete
• Sergei Perschin (* 1949), Russian physicist and astronomer

Web links

Commons : Ischimbai  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official City Website (Russian)
• Ischimbai 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)