Republic of Bashkortostan

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Covernment type

Bashkortostan Republic is a federal subject of Russia

Capital

Ufa

Governor

Rustem Zakievich Khamitov

Official language

Russian, Bashkir

Currency unit

Ruble (RUB)

Location

Bashkortostan contains part of the southern Urals and the adjacent plains.

Population (2010 Census)

1.298.579

Land area

37200 km2

Land boundaries

Bashkortostan borders Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Tatarstan and Udmurtia districts.

Climate

The climate is continental, rather wet; summers are warm; winters are moderately cold and long.

Ethnic groups 

Russian 36.32%, Bashkir 29.76%, Tatar 24.14%, Chuvash 2.86%, Mari 2.58% and various other groups

Water resources

There are over 13,000 rivers in the republic. Major rivers include: Volga, Ural, Belaya River.

Natural Resources

Bashkortostan is one of the richest territories of Russia in mineral resources. Natural gas, coal, ferrous metal ores, manganese, chromite, iron ores, on-ferrous metals ores (lead, tungsten), non-metallic ores (rock crystal, fluorite, iceland spar, sulfide pyrites, barite, silicates, silica, asbestos, talcum), deposits of precious and semi-precious stones and natural stones (malachite, jade, granite)

Official wep-portal

www.bashkortostan.ru