Bugulma (russian: Бугульма́; tt-Cyrl, Бөгелмә, ''Bögelmä'') is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

in the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

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. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bugulma serves as the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...

Bugulminsky District Bugulminsky District (russian: Бугульми́нский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Бөгелмә районы, ''Bögelmä rayonı'') is an territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Tatarstan, Republic of Tatarstan within the Russia ...

, even though it is not a part of it.Order #01-02/9 As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Bugulma—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Bugulma is incorporated within Bugulminsky Municipal District as Bugulma Urban Settlement.Law #18-ZRT

Economy

Ak Bars Aero OJSC Ak Bars Aero (russian: ОАО «Ак Барс Аэро»), formerly OJSC Bugulma Air Enterprise (russian: ОАО «Бугульминское авиапредприятие»), was an airline with its head office at Bugulma Airport in Bugulm ...

has its head office at

Bugulma Airport Bugulma Airport ( tt-Cyrl, Бөгелмә Аэропорты, translit=Bögelmä Aeroportı; russian: Аэропорт Бугульма) is an airport in Tatarstan, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinen ...

.Main
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. Retrieved on November 20, 2013. "Bugulma, Airport" (in field in bottom of page where street address would be)
Address in Russian
: "г. Казань, Аэропорт" Retrieved November 20, 2013.

Notable people

Bugulma is the birthplace of noted Tatar singer

Alsou Alsou Ralifovna Abramova ( rus, Алсу́ Рали́фовна Абра́мова; tt-Cyrl, Алсу Рәлиф кызы Абрамова; ; born 27 June 1983), better known as just Alsou, is a Russian singer and actress. She represented Russ ...

Jaroslav Hasek Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...

in 1918 was the governor of the town Bugulma.

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External links

Official website of Bugulma

Unofficial website of Bugulma

Bugulma Business Directory
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Tatarstan Bugulminsky Uyezd