Bugulma (; ) is a

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in the

Republic of Tatarstan Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...

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. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bugulma serves as the

administrative center An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Bugulminsky District, 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 counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

. 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 (), formerly OJSC Bugulma Air Enterprise (), was an airline with its head office at Bugulma Airport in Bugulma, Russia. It operated regional scheduled and charter passenger services. Its main base was Bugulma Airport. History ...

has its head office at

Bugulma Airport Bugulma Airport (; ) is an airport in Tatarstan, Russia located 12 km north of Bugulma. It is a small airport with several hangars, servicing small prop transports. The 2000 m runway was constructed in 2000–2001. Western pilots need p ...

.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 (; ; ; born 27 June 1983), better known by the mononym Alsou, is a Russian singer. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in which she came second with the song ''Solo'' right after Denmark, giving ...

. Jaroslav Hasek 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