Salavat, Russia

Salavat (Russian Салават [ sʌlʌvʌt ], Bashkir Салауат ) is a large city with 156 095 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russia).

Geography

Salawat is located in the East of the European part of Russia and in the western part of the South Urals, on the left bank of the river Belaya, and around 180 km south of the capital Ufa Republic The nearest town is Ischimbai, 11 km northeast of Salavat.

History

Salavat was founded in 1948 as a settlement for the construction of a new crude oil processing and chemical combine, in which, among other things, prisoners were used. In 1954, the place got its official status as a city. The name Salavat was chosen in honor of the national hero Bashkir Salavat Yulaev. In the upper right corner of the coat of arms a gasometer is presented, which is intended to symbolize the strong focus of the city to the processing of fossil fuels.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and Transport

Today the city is an important center for the chemical industry. The former chemical plant, now known as Salawatnefteorgsintes, here is the most important operation. He is partly the Gazprom Group and specializes in the production of fuels and other end products of the oil industry. About a pipeline network, the production site of the company with several oil and gas fields of Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast is connected. There are also in the city metal processing and glass industry, also smaller textile factories.

Salawat is on a street of Ufa to Orenburg Sterlitamak and on the parallel railway line, where it has a train station. Within the city is since 1957 an independent tram network in operation.