# Meleuz

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{{Short description|Town in Bashkortostan, Russia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
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'''Meleuz''' ({{langx|ru|Мелеу́з}}; {{langx|ba|Мәләүез}}, ''Mäläwez'') is a [town](/source/types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia) in the [Republic of Bashkortostan](/source/Republic_of_Bashkortostan), [Russia](/source/Russia), located on the bank of the [Belaya River](/source/Belaya_River_(Kama)), 205&nbsp;km south of [Ufa](/source/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](/source/petroleum) fields were discovered in the south of Bashkortostan and in the 1970s with the production of [mineral fertilizers](/source/fertilizer). It became a town in 1958.<ref name="encyclopedia" />

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [framework of administrative divisions](/source/subdivisions_of_Russia), Meleuz serves as the [administrative center](/source/administrative_center) of [Meleuzovsky District](/source/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](/source/city_of_federal_subject_significance) of Meleuz'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [districts](/source/administrative_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_Bashkortostan).<ref name="RBashkortostan_adm" /> As a [municipal division](/source/subdivisions_of_Russia), 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}}

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

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

Category:Cities and towns in Bashkortostan
Category:Ufa Governorate

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