Samara

For ither uises, see Samara (disambiguation).

Samara (Roushie: Сама́ра), cried Kuybyshev (Ку́йбышев) frae 1935 tae 1990, is the nint lairgest ceety in Roushie.^[3] It is situatit in the sootheastren pairt o European Roushie, the Volga Federal Destrict, at the confluence o the Volga an Samara Rivers. Samara is an aa the admeenistrative centre o Samara Oblast. The metropolitan aurie o Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran athin Samara Oblast constitutes the population o mair nor 3.0 million fowk. Umwhile a closed ceety, Samara is nou a lairge an important social, poleetical, economic, industrial an cultural centre o European Roushie, which in Mey 2007 played host tae the European Union—Roushie Summit.

Samara Самара
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Location o Samara
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Coordinates: 53°14′N 50°10′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal subject	Samara Oblast[1]
Foondit	1586
Govrenment
• Bodi	Samara Ceety Cooncil
• Mayor	Dmitry Azarov
Area [2]
• Total	465.97 km2 (179.91 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	1,164,896
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	1,163,399 (−0.1%)
• Rank	6t in 2010
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Admeenistrative status
• Subordinatit tae	ceety o oblast significance o Samara[1]
• Caipital o	Samara Oblast[1], ceety o oblast significance o Samara[1]
Municipal status
• Caipital o	Samara Urban Okrug[5], Volzhsky Municipal Destrict[6]
Time zone	UTC+4 ([7])
Postal code(s)[8]	443XXX
Dialin code(s)	+7 846
Twin touns	Stara Zagora, Stuttgart, Koper, Palermo, St. Louis, Kaliningrad, Gomel, Samarkand, Aktau
OKTMO ID	36701000001
Website	city.samara.ru

Internaitional relations

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Roushie

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Samara is twinned wi:

• Zhengzhou, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
• St. Louis, Unitit States
• Stara Zagora, Bulgarie
• Stuttgart, Germany
• Dnipro, Ukraine
• Denizli, Turkey
• Koper, Slovenie
• Palermo - Italy (2008)