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{{Short description|Town in Bashkortostan, Russia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
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'''Beloretsk''' ({{langx|ru|Белоре́цк}}; {{langx|ba|Белорет|Beloret}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in the [[Republic of Bashkortostan]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Belaya (Aghidhel) River|Belaya River]], {{convert|245|km|sp=us}} from [[Ufa]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=68,806|p2002=71,093|p1989=72,434}}

==History==
Beloretsk Iron Factory was founded in 1762 by merchants I.&nbsp;B.&nbsp;Tverdyshev and I.&nbsp;S.&nbsp;Myasnikov, who bought 170,041 ''[[desiatina]]s'' of land from [[Bashkirs]] of [[Belokatayskaya Volost]].<ref>{{cite Efron|Белорецкий завод}}</ref>

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Beloretsk serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Beloretsky District]],<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|80 211}}</ref> even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm" /> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|town of republic significance]] of Beloretsk'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of the Republic of Bashkortostan|districts]].<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of republic significance of Beloretsk is incorporated within Beloretsky Municipal District as '''Beloretsk Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="RBashkortostan_mun">Law #126-z</ref>

==Religion==
Several religious denominations are active in Beloretsk. The biggest community of believers is the Orthodox Christians, with the Muslim community being the second largest.

== Politics ==
Covered by the [[Beloretsk constituency]] for elections to the [[State Duma]].

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ba|adm|list}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ba|mun|list}}

==External links==
*[https://beloretsk.bashkortostan.ru/ Official website of Beloretsk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429151323/https://beloretsk.bashkortostan.ru/ |date=April 29, 2020 }} {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://beloretsk.jsprav.ru/ Beloretsk Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Republic of Bashkortostan}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Bashkortostan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1762]]