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Uchaly (town)

Uchaly Учалы
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Bashkir	Учалы
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Uchaly
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Coordinates: 54°19′0″N 59°23′0″E / 54.31667°N 59.38333°E / 54.31667; 59.38333
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Bashkortostan[1]
Founded	1955
Area [2]
• Total	56 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation	540 m (1,770 ft)
Population
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	37,933
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	town of republic significance of Uchaly[1]
• Capitalof	Uchalinsky District,[4] town of republic significance of Uchaly[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Uchalinsky Municipal District[5]
• Urban settlement	Uchaly Urban Settlement[5]
• Capitalof	Uchalinsky Municipal District,[5] Uchaly Urban Settlement[5]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	453700–453703
OKTMOID	80653101001

Uchaly (Russian: Учалы́; Bashkir: Учалы, Uçalı) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, in the east of the republic, in the southern Urals, among the lakes of the Uraltau Range. Population: 40,491 (2010 Russian census).^[8]

In the Bashkir language, "Uchaly" (Bashkir: Үс алды) literally means "revenge". According to a legend, at the end of the 14th century in the place where the modern town now stands Timur fought the Golden Horde Khan Tokhtamysh and slaughtered the nomadic South Ural Bashkirs who were Tokhtamysh's supporters. Another theory postulates that the town is named for the nearby lakes: Bolshiye Uchaly and Malye Uchaly. Several theories exist about the origins of the lakes' names as well. Bashkir geologists believe that the name of the lakes comes from the word yushaly, which, in turn, is derived from yusha—a generic Bashkir name for the color range of the sand and clay deposits, which in the past were used to manufacture paint. Another possibility is that the word yushaly derives from the word yusha, meaning "jasper", the deposits of which are common in the Urals. Finally, another version states that the name of the lakes derives from the Tatar word achuly, meaning "angry".

The Malye Uchaly-II was discovered near the city. More than six thousand years ago, on a high steep cliff, a tribe of anglers cut down a stone pit for housing in a stone. It is covered on top by logs, a center is built inside, around which fragments of vessels from clay and various tools from jasper, flint, rock crystal and topaz are found.^[9]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Uchaly serves as the administrative centerofUchalinsky District,^[4] even though it is not a part of it.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Uchaly—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Uchaly is incorporated within Uchalinsky Municipal District as Uchaly Urban Settlement.^[5]

The largest industry in the town is an ore-dressing and processing factory (Uchaly Mining and Metallurgical Combine, Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company) which is an important producer of zinc concentrate in Russia.

Population: 37,788 (2010 Russian census);^[8] 37,196 (2002 Census);^[10] 32,404 (1989 Soviet census).^[11]

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition of the town's population was as follows:^[2]

1. Bashkirs: 50.2%
2. Russians: 26.6%
3. Tatars: 20.9%
4. other ethnicities: 2.3%

There are six schools in Uchaly. Higher education facilities in Uchaly include the Uchaly branch of the Bashkir State University, the Mining and Metallurgical College, and the College of Arts and Culture.

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  Zaynulla Rasulev Mosque.
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  Uchaly First Mosque.
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  Uchaly municipality headquarters
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  Lenin square
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  The Kindergarten "Daisy", Uchaly. November 6, 2014.
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  The Kindergarten "Daisy", Uchaly. November 6, 2014.
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  View to the mountain Tashbiek, Uchaly. November 6, 2014.
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  View to the mountain Tashbiek, Uchaly. November 6, 2014.

Panorama of Uchaly on Kokbash mountain

Panorama of Uchaly

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• Правительство Республики Башкортостан. Постановление №391 от 29 декабря 2006 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Башкортостан», в ред. Постановления №61 от 26 февраля 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в реестр административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Башкортостан». Опубликован: "Ведомости Государственного Собрания – Курултая, Президента и Правительства Республики Башкортостан", №5 (251), ст. 239, 12 марта 2007 г. (Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Resolution #391 of December 29, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Entities and Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Bashkortostan, as amended by the Resolution #61 of February 26, 2013 On Amending the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Entities and Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Bashkortostan. ).
• Государственное Собрание —Курултай Республики Башкортостан. Закон №162-з от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О границах, статусе и административных центрах муниципальных образований в Республике Башкортостан», в ред. Закона №572-з от 17 июля 2012 г. «О внесении изменения в статью 2 Закона Республики Башкортостан "О границах, статусе и административных центрах муниципальных образований в Республике Башкортостан"». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 33. Опубликован: "Республика Башкортостан", №52 (25785), 22 марта 2005 г. (State Assembly of Bashkortostan—El Kurultai. Law #162-z of December 17, 2004 On the Borders, Status, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, as amended by the Law #572-z of July 17, 2012 On Amending Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Bashkortostan "On the Borders, Status, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Bashkortostan". Effective as of the date established in accordance with the provisions of Article 33.).