Verkhny Ufalei

city Verkhny Ufalei Verhny Уфалей flag coat of arms Federal district Ural Oblast Chelyabinsk Urban district Verkhny Ufalei head Pavel Kazakov Founded 1761 City since 1940 surface 65  km² population 30,481 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 469 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 380  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 35164 Post Code 456800-456805 License Plate 74, 174 OKATO 75 406 Website ufaley.su Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 3 '  N , 60 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 3 '0 "  N , 60 ° 14' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Chelyabinsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Verkhny Ufalei ( Russian Верхний Уфалей , translated about Upper Ufalei ) is a city in the Chelyabinsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 30,481 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the southeastern edge of the Middle Urals about 140 km northwest of the Oblast capital Chelyabinsk on the Ufaleika , a right tributary of the Ufa in the river system of the Kama .

Werchni Ufalei is administratively directly subordinate to the oblast.

The city lies on the Yekaterinburg – Chelyabinsk railway line, which was opened in 1896 .

history

Werchni Ufalei was founded in 1761 with the establishment of the Ufaleiski zavod ironworks , which is why the city was known as ( Verkhni ) Ufaleisk in the early days . With the construction of another plant downstream in 1813, this plant became the Werchne-Ufaleiski-Sawod ( Upper Ufalei Plant ).

In the 1930s, a nickel smelter was built here based on local ore deposits . The associated growth of the place was taken into account with the award of town charter on April 26, 1940.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	25,573
1959	36,934
1970	37,888
1979	38,595
1989	40,061
2002	34,360
2010	30,481

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Soviet city coat of arms (1975)

The city has a local museum.

The main sights are in the vicinity: the mountains and rocks Zhigirskije sopki , Bolshoi Kamen and Krasny Kamen and Lake Itkul .

economy

In addition to the Ufaleinikel AG nickel smelter, there are mechanical engineering and wood industry companies.

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)

Web links

Commons : Werchni Ufalei  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Semi-official website of the city (Russian)
• Verkhny Ufalei web portal (Russian)
• Verkhny Ufalei on mojgorod.ru (Russian)