Ufa Governorate

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Ufa Governorate
Уфимская губерния (Russian)
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1865–1917), Russian Republic, Russian State (1918), and RSFSR (1918–1922)
1865–1922
Coat of arms of Ufa province (1878).svg
Coat of arms
Ufa in Russian Empire (1914).svg
Location within the Russian Empire
Capital Ufa
Area 
 (1897)
122,005 km2 (47,106 sq mi)
Population 
 (1897)
2,220,497
History 
 Established
1865
 Disestablished
14 June 1922
Political subdivisions uezds: 6
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Blank.png Orenburg Governorate
Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Blank.png
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Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Blank.png
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Ufa Governorate [lower-alpha 1] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of the Russian Empire with its capital in the city of Ufa. It was created in 1865 by separation from Orenburg Governorate. On June 14, 1922 the governorate was transformed into the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. It occupied an area of 122,005 square kilometres (47,106 sq mi) and the territory of governorate was divided to six uyezds.

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Population

According to the 1865 data, the population of Ufa Governorate was 1,291,018. According to the 1897 Census it was 2,220,497; urban population was 48.9%. Bashkir people constituted 41% of total population; Russian people: 38%; Tatar people: 8.4%; Mari people: 3.7%; Chuvash people: 2.8%; Mordvins: 1.7%. [1]

Economy

Arable lands was about 35% of the governorate's total area. Industry was based on mining and metalworking; there were also food, clothing and timber industries.

Administrative division

Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):

Notable people

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