Overview
Ufa Governorate was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire with its capital in the city of Ufa. It was created in 1865 by separation from Orenburg Governorate. On June 14, 1922 the governorate was transformed into the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. It occupied an area of and the territory of the governorate was divided to six uyezds.
Population
According to the 1865 data, the population of Ufa Governorate was 1,291,018. According to the 1897 Census it was 2,220,497; urban population was 48.9%. Bashkir people constituted 41% of total population; Russian people: 38%; Tatar people: 8.4%; Mari people: 3.7%; Chuvash people: 2.8%; Mordvins: 1.7%.
Economy
Arable lands was about 35% of the governorate's total area. Industry was based on mining and metalworking; there were also food, clothing and timber industries.
Administrative division
Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):
Belebeyevsky Uyezd (Belebey)
Birsky Uyezd (Birsk)
Zlatoustovsky Uyezd (Zlatoust)
Menzelinsky Uyezd (Menzelinsk)
Sterlitamaksky Uyezd (Sterlitamak)
Ufimsky Uyezd (Ufa)
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