Verkhneudinsk
| Ulan-Ude (English) Улан-Удэ (Russian) Улаан Үдэ (Buryat) |
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| City Day | September's first Saturday |
| Administrative status (as of May 2010) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of republic significance of Ulan-Ude |
| Capital of | Republic of Buryatia |
| Administrative center of | city of republic significance of Ulan-Ude |
| Municipal status (as of October 2011) | |
| Urban okrug | Ulan-Ude Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Ulan-Ude Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Alexander Golkov |
| Representative body | City Council of Deputies |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 347.6 km2 (134.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 404,426 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 45th |
| Density | 1,163/km2 (3,010/sq mi) |
| Time zone | IRKT (UTC+08:00) |
| Founded | 1666 |
| City status since | 1775 |
| Previous names |
Udinsk (until 1783), Verkhneudinsk (until July 27, 1934) |
| Postal code(s) | 6700xx |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3012 |
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Ulan-Ude (Russian: Улан-Удэ; IPA: [ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ]; Buryat: Улаан Үдэ, Ulaan Üde) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia; it is located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga. According to the 2010 Census, 404,426 people lived in Ulan-Ude; up from 359,391 recorded in the 2002 Census, making the city the third largest in eastern Siberia by population.
Ulan-Ude was first called Udinskoye (У́динское) for its location on the Uda River. From around 1735, the settlement was called Udinsk (У́динск) and was granted town status under that name in 1775. The name was changed to Verkhneudinsk, literally "Upper Udinsk" (Верхнеу́динск), in 1783 to differentiate it from Nizhneudinsk ("Lower Udinsk") lying on a different Uda River near Irkutsk which was granted town status that year. The "upper" and "lower" refer to positions of the two cities relative to each other, not the location of the cities on their respective Uda rivers. Verkhneudinsk lies at the mouth of its Uda, i.e. the lower end, while Nizhneudinsk is along the middle stretch of its Uda. The current name was given to the city in 1934 and means "red Uda" in Buryat, reflecting the Soviet Union's Communist ideology.
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