Almetyevsk

Also known as Älmät

Almetyevsk (; ; ) is a city in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Zay River (Kama's tributary) southeast of Kazan. Population: 77,000 (1969); 49,000 (1959).

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Almetyevsk is a city in Tatarstan, Russia, situated on the left bank of the Zay River, a tributary of the Kama, southeast of the regional capital Kazan. The city's population declined from 77,000 in 1969 to 49,000 in 1959, indicating significant demographic changes during that period.

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Almetyevsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Альметьевск
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Әлмәт
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Tatar
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Almetyevsk.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Almetyevsk Youth Center
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: top
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Герб АМР(2).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Republic of Tatarstan
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: city of republic significance of Almetyevsk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: city of republic significance of Almetyevsk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Almetyevsky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: City
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Almetyevsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Almetyevsk Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Almetyevsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Almetyevsk Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 146393

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Әлмәт
Population: 163747
Area: 114.98
Elevation: 110
Official website: almetyevsk.tatar.ru
Image: Almetjewsk-Dramatheater-2006.jpg
Dialing code: 8553

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postal code: 423450–423465
Commons category: Almetyevsk
time of earliest written record: 1720-00-00
native label: Әлмәт
inception: 1740-00-00

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Almetyevsk (; ; ) is a city in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Zay River (Kama's tributary) southeast of Kazan. Population: 77,000 (1969); 49,000 (1959).

==History== Almetyevsk is one of the youngest cities in the republic. Located along the federal highway () R239 "Orenburgsky" Kazan - Orenburg (in Cyrillic P239 (), it was founded as an oil-processing settlement northwest of the Almetyevskaya railway station (79 km marker) on the Kuybyshev Railway near Leninogorsk and the Akbash (Bugulminsky District) - Agryz railway line and was granted town status in 1953.