En Name: | Ust-Katav |
Ru Name: | Усть-Катав |
Coordinates: | 54.9333°N 69°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Ust-Katav (Chelyabinsk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Ust-Katav |
Adm Ctr Of: | Town of Ust-Katav |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Ust-Katavsky Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Ust-Katavsky Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 23580 |
Website: | http://www.ukgo.su/ |
Ust-Katav (Russian: Усть-Ката́в) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River. Population:
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Ust-Katav—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Ust-Katav is incorporated as Ust-Katavsky Urban Okrug.
Ust-Katav is best known for its factory UKVZ, which is the production place of the world's most numerous model of streetcar, the KTM-5.
Ust-Katav is situated near the Trans-Siberian Railway, as well as the M5 "Ural" motorway.