Yutazinsky District

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Yutazinsky District is a district in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Urussu. The district covers 759 square kilometers. In 2020, about 20,248 people lived there, with 10,633 in urban areas and 9,615 in rural areas.

History and administration
The area became an independent district in 1935. It was renamed Urusky in 1958 and abolished five years later, but it was re-established as Yutazinsky District in 1991. In September 2020, Ayaz Shafigullin was elected head of the district.

Geography
Yutazinsky District is in the southeast of Tatarstan. It borders Aznakayevsky, Bugulminsky and Bavlinsky districts of Tatarstan and parts of Bashkortostan. The Ik, Yutaza, and Dymka rivers flow through the district. The nature reserve Urdaly-Tau is located here.

Economy
Several large enterprises drive the district’s economy. Key facilities include the Urussu industrial park and the Tapart machine-building plant, created to employ workers after a nearby plant closed. Other important producers are the Urussinsky chemical plant, Electroconnector, and plants making nonmetallic materials and construction products. Agriculture is also important, with more than 52,000 hectares of agricultural land (primarily arable). Main crops are spring wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, and peas, along with meat and dairy cattle and pigs.

Transport and infrastructure
The district has about 400 kilometers of roads, including major routes like 16K-0025 and 16K-1710. There are two railway lines: Inza-Chishmy and Urussu-Naryshevo. In 2014 an industrial site at Urussu opened, and in 2017 it was upgraded to an industrial park offering some subsidies to residents. By 2019–2020, local companies produced a range of goods, from building materials to plastic products and meat.

Social and public services
There are 21 kindergartens and 17 schools in the district, along with the Center for Children's Creativity, the District House of Culture (with many branches), and the Central Library System (with many branches). Healthcare is provided by the Urusinsky Central District Hospital, two clinics, and 17 feldsher-obstetric points.