Ufa
a province of Russia; separated in 1865 from Orenburg; area, 47,112 square miles; pop. about 3,000,000. On the E., where it is bordered by the southern Urals, the country is mountainous, wooded, provided with excellent pastures, and rich in minerals. It is also well watered by the Bielaya, and has abundance of arable land on which good crops are raised. Ufa, the capital, is on the Bielaya, at the confluence of the Ufa, 735 miles E. by N. of Moscow. It is the see of a bishop, and has considerable manufactures and trade. Pop. about 100,000.