Mezhgorye, Bashkortostan
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Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Mezhgorye (Template:Langx; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a closed town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located in the southern Ural Mountains near Mount Yamantau, about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Ufa, the capital of the republic, on the banks of the Maly Inser River (a tributary of the Kama River). Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census).[1]
History
Founded around 1979, it was known as Ufa-105 (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and Beloretsk-16 (Script error: No such module "Lang".) at the foot of Mount Yamantau (Template:Langx).[2] Town status was granted to it in 1995, at which time it was given its present name.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It is the only closed town in Russia to be situated in a republic.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Mezhgorye—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Mezhgorye is incorporated as Mezhgorye Urban Okrug.[4]
The closed status of Mezhgorye means that in administrative terms it is subordinated directly to the federal government of Russia. The town comprises two microdistricts (former settlements), located Script error: No such module "convert". apart: Tatly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and Solnechny (Script error: No such module "Lang".) (formerly called Kuzyelga (Script error: No such module "Lang".)).
Notable residents
- Olga Vilukhina (born 1988), biathlete
References
Notes
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Alternate archive. This source states "Mezhgorye appeared after the unification of two military towns – Beloretsk-15 and Beloretsk-16 – located 20 km from each other." (Template:Langx)
- ↑ Resolution #391
- ↑ Law #162-z
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External links
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