Republic of Tatarstan
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Republic of Tatarstan Республика Татарстан (Russian) Татарстан Республикасы (Tatar) |
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Volga | ||
| Economic region | Volga | ||
| Established | May 27, 1920 | ||
| Capital | Kazan | ||
| Government (as of April 2014) | |||
| • President | Rustam Minnikhanov | ||
| • Legislature | State Council | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
| • Total | 68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 44th | ||
| Population (2010 Census) | |||
| • Total | 3,786,488 | ||
| • Rank | 8th | ||
| • Density | 55.68/km2 (144.2/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 75.4% | ||
| • Rural | 24.6% | ||
| Population (January 2014 est.) | |||
| • Total | 3,838,374 | ||
| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+03:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-TA | ||
| License plates | 16, 116 | ||
| Official languages | Russian; Tatar | ||
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Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian: Респу́блика Татарста́н, tr. Respublika Tatarstan; IPA: [rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan]; Tatar: Cyrillic Татарстан Республикасы, Latin Tatarstan Respublikası) is a federal subject (a republic) of the Russian Federation, located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan. The republic borders Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, the Mari El, Udmurt, and Chuvash Republics, and the Republic of Bashkortostan. The area of the republic is 68,000 square kilometres (26,000 sq mi). The unofficial Tatarstan motto is: Bez Buldırabız! (We can!). As of the 2010 Census the population of Tatarstan was 3,786,488.
The state has strong ties with its eastern neighbor the Republic of Bashkortostan.
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