Yelabuga, Tatarstan Republic, Volga Federal district, Russia

History | Geography : Administrative status | Economy | Miscellaneous

🇷🇺 Yelabuga is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kama River and 200 km east from Kazan.

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History The former name of the city was Alabuga. Its history dates back to the 10th century, when a Volga Bulgar border castle, the so-called Alamir-Sultan castle was built by Bulgar Khan Ibrahim in 985 CE. The castle was built on the place of the legendary tomb of Alamir-Sultan (Alexander the Great "Macedonian"). The name 'Alabuga' originally referred to the tower of the castle, later the whole city was named Alabuga. The castle was later abandoned, and its remains are now known as Shaytan kalasy (Shaytan's castle). In the second half of the 16th century, a Russian village was founded on the same spot.

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Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yelabuga serves as the administrative centre of Yelabuzhsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the selo of Tarlovka, incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Yelabuga—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Yelabuga is incorporated within Yelabuzhsky Municipal District as Yelabuga Urban Settlement.

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Economy Oil industry is present in the town. In the 1990s, a Ford assembly plant operated in the town. In 2008, Sollers JSC built a new factory to produce the Fiat Ducato, and from 2021, started to assemble a luxury vehicle called the Aurus Senat, for the Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Engines Institute in Moscow (NAMI). There is also a factory for the production of household appliances: domestic oil electric heaters, electric meat grinders Italian group De'Longhi.

Public transportation needs are served by a bus and taxi networks. Plans for a trolleybus route are being discussed.

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Miscellaneous Near Yelabuga is the Nizhnyaya Kama National Park.

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Kazan, Russia. Aerial view 
Kazan, Russia. Aerial view
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Yelabuga has a population of over 70,728 people. Yelabuga also forms one of the centres of the wider Tatarstan Republic which has a population of over 3,894,284 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Yelabuga has links with:

🇷🇺 Aleksin, Russia 🇷🇺 Beryozovsky, Russia 🇹🇷 Safranbolu, Turkey 🇩🇪 Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany
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Antipodal to Yelabuga is: -127.92,-55.756

Locations Near: Yelabuga 52.0798,55.7555

🇷🇺 Naberezhnye Chelny 52.347,55.705 d: 17.7  

🇷🇺 Nizhnekamsk 51.817,55.633 d: 21.4  

🇷🇺 Mozhga 52.228,56.445 d: 77.2  

🇷🇺 Almetyevsk 52.271,54.895 d: 96.4  

🇷🇺 Izhevsk 53.183,56.833 d: 137.8  

🇷🇺 Sarapul 53.8,56.467 d: 132.8  

🇷🇺 Oktyabrsky 53.479,54.484 d: 167.1  

🇷🇺 Neftekamsk 54.239,56.091 d: 139.6  

🇷🇺 Chaykovsky 54.15,56.767 d: 170.2  

🇷🇺 Chaykovskiy 54.15,56.767 d: 170.2  

Antipodal to: Yelabuga -127.92,-55.756

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15389.6  

🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 16038.1  

🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15803.4  

🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15803.4  

🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 15697.8  

🇨🇱 Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 16423.8  

🇨🇱 Temuco -72.667,-38.733 d: 15580.9  

🇨🇱 San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 15459.5  

🇨🇱 Chiguayante -73.017,-36.917 d: 15460.9  

🇨🇱 Concepción -73.05,-36.817 d: 15455  

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