Ufa facts for kids

Ufa
Ufa (English); Уфа (Russian); Өфө (Bashkir)
	- City -
	; Views of Ufa
Coat of arms	Flag
Anthem	none
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Bashkortostan
Administratively subordinated to	city of republic significance of Ufa
Capital of	Republic of Bashkortostan
Municipal status
Urban okrug	Ufa Urban Okrug
Head	Ulfat Mustafin
Representative body	City Council
Statistics
Area	707.93 km2 (273.33 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census,; preliminary)	1,062,319 inhabitants
- Rank in 2010	11th
Population (January 2016 est.)	1,121,429 inhabitants
Density	1,501/km2 (3,888/sq mi)
Time zone	YEKT (UTC+06:00)
Founded	1574
City status since	1586
Postal code(s)	450000–450010, 450013–450015, 450017–450019, 450022, 450024, 450026–450030, 450032–450035, 450037–450040, 450043–450045, 450047, 450049–450059, 450061–450065, 450068, 450069, 450071, 450073–450081, 450083, 450091–450093, 450095–450101, 450103–450106, 450880, 450890, 450911–450948, 450951–450966, 450971–450979, 450981–450986, 450989–450999, 901139, 901229, 992200
Dialing code(s)	+7 347
	Official website

Ufa is the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, and the industrial, economic, scientific and cultural center of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,062,319, making it the eleventh most populous city in Russia.

Images for kids

Gerardus Mercator's map of Europe with Pascherti (Bashkort) settlement presumably in the position of modern Ufa. The map was compiled in 1554, twenty years before the official date of the foundation of Ufa.
Early color photograph of Ufa taken in 1910 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
National Bank of Bashkortostan
House of Republic or Bashkir White House
Akbuzat racecourse. Named after the winged horse in the mythology of Bashkirs, analogue of Pegasus
Bashkir State University, the main campus
Zemfira, famous singer in Russia
Ufa International Airport. The inscription "ӨФӨ" is "Ufa" in the Bashkir language.
BTZ-52763 trolleybus
VDL-NefAZ bus
71-623 low-entry tram