Bashkortostan

The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkiria (Bashkir: {{IPA|???????????? ????????????}}; {{lang-ru|??????????? ?????????????}} or {{lang-ru|?????????}}) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name in Russian is Respublika Bashkortostan or Bashkiriya, and the transliteration of the republic's name in Bashkir is Ba?qortostan Respublikahy. In Tatar the republic's name is Ba?qortostan Respublikas?.

Demographics

About a hundred nationalities inhabit Bashkortostan, including Russians (39%), Tatars (28%), Bashkirs (22%), Chuvash, Mari, Ukrainians, and Germans.

Related Topics:
Russians - Tatars - Bashkirs - Chuvash - Mari - Ukrainians - Germans

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Spoken languages: Russian (~100%), Tatar (~30%), Bashkir (~20%).

Related Topics:
Russian - Tatar - Bashkir

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It is believed that during the census of 2002 some information was forged, especially the numbers of Tatars and Bashkirs.

Related Topics:
Census - 2002

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• Population: 4,104,336 (2002)
• Urban: 2,626,613 (70.8%)
• Rural: 1,477,723 (29.2%)
• Male: 1,923,233 (46.9%)
• Female: 2,181,103 (53.1%)
• Females per 1000 males: 1,134
• Average age: 35.6 years
• Urban: 35.2 years
• Rural: 36.4 years
• Male: 33.4 years
• Female: 37.7 years
• Number of households: 1,429,004 (with 4,066,649 people)
• Urban: 931,417 (with 2,592,909 people)
• Rural: 497,587 (with 1,473,740 people)

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Population development