{{Short description|Town in Bashkortostan, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Meleuz |ru_name=Мелеуз |loc_name1=Мәләүез<br />''Mäläwez'' |loc_lang1=Bashkir |other_name= |other_lang= |image_skyline= Здание Администрации города.jpg |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|52|57|N|55|56|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa= Coat of arms of Meleuz.svg |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Republic of Bashkortostan |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm" /> |adm_city_jur=town of republic significance of Meleuz |adm_city_jur_ref=<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Meleuzovsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_ctr_of2=town of republic significance of Meleuz |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Meleuzovsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="RBashkortostan_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Meleuz Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="RBashkortostan_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Meleuzovsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="RBashkortostan_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Meleuz Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="RBashkortostan_mun" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2=32 |area_km2_ref=<ref name="encyclopedia" /> |pop_2010census=61390 |pop_2010census_rank=263rd |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date= |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=453851 |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes=3473 |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }}

'''Meleuz''' ({{langx|ru|Мелеу́з}}; {{langx|ba|Мәләүез}}, ''Mäläwez'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the bank of the Belaya River, 205&nbsp;km south of Ufa.<ref name="encyclopedia">{{cite web|url=http://www.xn----7sbacsfsccnbdnzsqis3h5a6ivbm.xn--p1ai/component/content/article/2-statya/16791-meleuz-gorod.html|script-title=ru:МЕЛЕУЗ|publisher=Башкирская энциклопедия|accessdate=2019-04-15|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415203703/http://www.xn----7sbacsfsccnbdnzsqis3h5a6ivbm.xn--p1ai/component/content/article/2-statya/16791-meleuz-gorod.html|archive-date=April 15, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Population: {{ru-census|p2010=61,390|p2002=62,949|p1989=53,448}}

== History == It was a peasant village since 1786. In 1795, 434 people lived in the village, and in 1865, the village had 870 residents. The settlement started developing in the 1930s, when petroleum fields were discovered in the south of Bashkortostan and in the 1970s with the production of mineral fertilizers. It became a town in 1958.<ref name="encyclopedia" />

==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Meleuz serves as the administrative center of Meleuzovsky District,<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|80 241}}</ref> even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm">Resolution #391</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the '''town of republic significance of Meleuz'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm" /> As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Meleuz is incorporated within Meleuzovsky Municipal District as '''Meleuz Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="RBashkortostan_mun">Law #126-z</ref>

==Climate== The climate of Meleuz is continental with relatively cold winters and hot summers.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} The average annual temperature is {{convert|4.6|C}}.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}

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{{Republic of Bashkortostan}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Cities and towns in Bashkortostan Category:Ufa Governorate