Sibay (; ) is a
town
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in the
Republic of Bashkortostan
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,
Russia
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, located on the
border between Europe and Asia, on the east slope of the Southern
Urals
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Ufa, the
capital
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Econom ...
of the republic. Population:
History
Sibay was granted
urban-type settlement
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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
districts
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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
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.
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
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#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
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Cities and towns in Bashkortostan
Populated places established in 1938