Sibay (; ) is a

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in the

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, located on the border between Europe and Asia, on the east slope of the Southern

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, in the spurs of Irendyk, from Ufa, the

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of the republic. Population:

History

Sibay was granted

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status in 1938. On November 21, 1955, it was granted town status.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with the territory of Tuyalyassky Selsoviet (which comprises the '' selo'' of

Tuyalyas Tuyalyas (; , ''Tüyelec'') is a rural locality (a selo) in Sibay, Bashkortostan Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, sometimes also called Bashkiria, is a republic of Russia between the Volga river and the Ural Mountai ...

), incorporated as the town of republic significance of Sibay—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Resolution #391 As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Sibay is incorporated as Sibay Urban Okrug.Law #162-z

Economy

Sibay is well known for possessing the deepest open-cast mine in Russia: its colossal copper-zinc quarry is almost wide and deep. The town is served by the

Sibay Airport Sibay Airport is an airport in Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in R ...

Education

Sibay is home to the following educational facilities: #a branch of

Bashkir State University Bashkir State University (; ) (now Ufa University of Science and Technology) was located in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. Founded in 1909, it was a classical university of Russia. On July 8, 2022, the Ufa University of Science and Technology ...

#a branch of

Bashkir State Agrarian University Bashkir State Agrarian University, BSAU (, ) – one of the oldest agricultural higher education institutions of Russia and a centre of education and research in the Bashkortostan Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, s ...

#a branch of Ufa Art College #a branch of Ufa College of Radio Electronics #Sibay medical school #Sibay Trade and Economic College #Sibay Teachers College #Sibay Polytechnic College

Demographics

Sibay's ethnic composition, as of the 2010 Census, is as follows: #

Bashkirs The Bashkirs ( , ) or Bashkorts (, ; , ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Russia. They are concentrated in Bashkortostan, a Republics of Russia, republic of the Russian Federation and in the broader historical region of B ...

: 53.0% #

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

: 35.6% #

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

: 8.3% #other ethnicities: 3.1%

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

Official website of SibayUnofficial website of Sibay
*Mojgorod.ru

{{Use mdy dates, date=September 2011 Cities and towns in Bashkortostan Populated places established in 1938