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BashkortostanThe Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkiria (Russian: Респу́блика Башкортоста́н or Башки́рия; Bashkir:) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name in Russian is Respublika Bashkortostan or Bashkiriya, and the transliteration of the republic's name in Bashkir is Bašqortostan Respublikahy. In Tatar the republic's name is Başqortostan Respublikası. Geography Bashkortostan contains part of the southern Urals and the adjacent plains. Time zone Bashkortostan is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST). Rivers There are over 13,000 rivers in the republic. Major rivers include: Lakes There are 2,700 lakes and reservoirs in the republic. Major lakes and reservoirs include: Mountains The republic contains part of the southern Urals, which stretch from the northern to the southern border. The highest mountains include: Natural Resources Bashkortostan is rich in oil reserves, and was one of the principle centers of oil extraction in the USSR. Other natural resources include natural gas, coal, iron ores, gold, gypsum and more. Climate - Average annual temperature: 0.3°C (mountains) to 2.8°C (plains)
- Average January temperature: -16°C
- Average July temperature: +18°C
- Average annual precipitation: no data
Administrative division - Main article: Administrative division of Bashkortostan.
Demographics About a hundred nationalities inhabit Bashkortostan, including Russians (39%), Tatars (28%), Bashkirs (22%), Chuvash, Mari, Ukrainians, and Germans. Spoken languages: Russian (~100%), Tatar (~30%), Bashkir (~20%). It is believed that during the population cenus of 2002 some information was forged, especially the numbers of Tatars and Bashkirs. - Population: 4,104,336 (2002)
- Urban: 2,626,613 (70.8%)
- Rural: 1,477,723 (29.2%)
- Male: 1,923,233 (46.9%)
- Female: 2,181,103 (53.1%)
- Females per 1000 males: 1,134
- Average age: 35.6 years
- Urban: 35.2 years
- Rural: 36.4 years
- Male: 33.4 years
- Female: 37.7 years
- Number of households: 1,429,004 (with 4,066,649 people)
- Urban: 931,417 (with 2,592,909 people)
- Rural: 497,587 (with 1,473,740 people)
Population development | Year !! Population | | 1897 | align=right | 1,991,000 | | 1913 | align=right | 2,811,000 | | 1926 | align=right | 2,547,000 | | 1939 | align=right | 3,158,000 | | 1959 | align=right | 3,340,000 | | 1970 | align=right | 3,818,000 | | 1979 | align=right | 3,849,000 | | 1989 | align=right | 3,950,000 | | 2002 | align=right | 4,104,000 | History Bashkortostan became a republic within Russian Federation on March 31, 1992. Politics The head of government in Bashkortostan is the President. As of 2004, the president is Mortaza Ghbydulla uly Rximev (Rakhimov). Rakhimov was re-elected in December 2003 in a poll condemned by the OSCE for exibiting "elements of basic fraud." The election was marked by intimidation of political opponents (including job sackings), forced closure of media and enforced open-ballot voting at many factories controlled by the Rakhimov family. Economy Much of Bashkortostan's economy depends on its oil processing industry, which is a left-over from Soviet times and has seen little investment since the collapse of the USSR. Most of the industry, nominally privatized, has in fact been granted to the factions close to the president's family. More than one half of Bashkortostan's industry is based in Ufa, the republic's capital. Education Education is in Russian, Bashkir and Tatar languages. Related articles External links
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