Editing Tatarstan (section)

{{short description|First-level administrative division of Russia}}
{{About|the republic in Russia|the ship ''Tatarstan''|Gepard-class frigate}}
{{Distinguish|Tartary}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Republic of Tatarstan
| subdivision_type   = Country
| settlement_type    = [[Republics of Russia|Republic]]
| image_flag         = Flag of Tatarstan (Light color).svg
| image_map          = Map of Russia (2014–2022) - Tatarstan.svg
| pushpin_map = European Russia
| pushpin_relief = 1
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 4
| mapframe-height = 250
| mapframe-stroke-width = 1
| subdivision_name   = [[Russia]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|55|33|N|50|56|E|type:adm1st_region:RU|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[Federal districts of Russia|Federal District]]<ref name="FederalDistrict">{{Cite Russian law|ru_entity=Президент Российской Федерации|ru_type=Указ|ru_number=849|ru_date=13 мая 2000 г.|ru_title=О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе|ru_effective_date=13 мая 2000 г|ru_published_in="Собрание законодательства РФ", No.&nbsp;20, ст. 2112|ru_published_date=15 мая 2000 г|ru_amendment_type=Указа|ru_amendment_number|ru_amendment_date=19 января 2010 г|ru_amendment_title|en_entity=President of the Russian Federation|en_type=Decree|en_number=849|en_date=May 13, 2000|en_title=On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District|en_effective_date=May 13, 2000|en_url|en_amendment_type=Decree|en_amendment_number|en_amendment_date=January 19, 2010|en_amendment_title}}</ref>
| subdivision_name2  = [[Volga Federal District|Volga]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Economic regions of Russia|Economic Region]]<ref name="EconomicRegion">{{Cite Russian law|ru_entity=Госстандарт Российской Федерации|ru_number=ОК 024-95|ru_date=27 декабря 1995 г.|ru_title=Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов.  2.&nbsp;Экономические районы|ru_amendment_type=Изменения|ru_amendment_number=5/2001 ОКЭР|en_entity=[[Gosstandart]] of the Russian Federation|en_number=OK 024-95|en_date=December 27, 1995|en_title=Russian Classification of Economic Regions.  2.&nbsp;Economic Regions|en_amendment_type=Amendment|en_amendment_number=5/2001 OKER}}</ref>
| subdivision_name3  = [[Volga economic region|Volga]]
| leader_title       = [[Head of Tatarstan|Head]]
| leader_name        = [[Rustam Minnikhanov]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12.07.2022 No. 445 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов ∙ Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202207120001?index=1&rangeSize=1 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=publication.pravo.gov.ru}}</ref>
| total_type         = Total
| area_total_sq_mi   = 
| area_total_km2     = 67847
| population_rank    = [[List of federal subjects of Russia by population|8th]]
| population_density_km2 = 59.03
| population_as_of   = [[Russian Census (2021)|2021 Census]]
| population_total   = {{increase}} 4004809
{{ublist |item_style=white-space:nowrap;
|53.6% [[Volga Tatars|Tatars]]|40.3% [[Russians]]|2.3% [[Chuvash people|Chuvash]]|3.8% other}}
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2021Census/>
| timezone1          = [[Moscow Time|MSK]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&prevDoc=102483854&backlink=1&&nd=102148085 |script-title=ru:"Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации |language=ru |access-date=19 January 2019}}</ref>
| blank_name         = [[OKTMO]] ID
| blank_info         = 92000000
| website            = [http://tatarstan.ru/eng/ tatarstan.ru]
| footnotes          = 
| native_name        = {{native name|tt|Татарстан Республикасы}}<br/>{{native name|ru|Республика Татарстан}}
| image_shield       = Coat of Arms of Tatarstan.svg
| iso_code           = RU-TA
| registration_plate = 16, 116, 716
| utc_offset         = +3
| anthem             = <!-- Both the Tatar and Russian names are included because the anthem is sung in both languages. --><br />{{nowrap|{{native name|ru|Государственный гимн Республики Татарстан|nolink=yes|italics=no}}}}<br />{{native name|tt-Cyrl|Татарстан Җөмһүрияте Дәүләт гимны|nolink=yes|italics=no}}<br />"[[State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan]]"<ref name="Anthem" />{{parabr}}{{center|[[File:National_Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_Tatarstan_with_words.ogg]]}}
| flag_size          = 120px
| shield_size        = 75px
| flag_link          = Flag of the Republic of Tatarstan
| shield_link        = Coat of arms of the Republic of Tatarstan
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Kazan]]<ref>Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, Article 122</ref>
| population_urban   = 76.8%
| population_rural   = 23.2%
| blank_name_sec1    = [[Official language]](s)
| blank_info_sec1    = [[Tatar language|Tatar]]<ref>Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, Article 8.1</ref>{{*}}[[Russian language|Russian]]<ref name="Russian">Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article&nbsp;68.1 of the [[Constitution of Russia]].</ref>
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="Area">{{cite web|url=http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm|title=Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (''Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation'')|access-date=2011-11-01|author=Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service)|date=2004-05-21|work=Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002)|publisher=Federal State Statistics Service|language=ru|archive-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928181511/http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| mapsize            = 300
| government_type    = [[State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan|State Council]]<ref name="HeadLegis" />
| population_demonym = [[Tatars|Tatar]]
}}
[[File:Logo commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Tatarstan.svg|260px|thumb|100th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Slogan, Logo]]
'''Tatarstan''',{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɑː|t|ər|s|t|æ|n}}; {{langx|tt-Cyrl|Татарстан}} {{IPA|tt|tɒtɒrˈstɑn|}}; {{langx|ru|Татарстан}} {{IPA|ru|tətɐrˈstan|}}}} officially the '''Republic of Tatarstan''',{{efn|{{langx|tt-Cyrl|Татарстан Республикасы|Tatarstan Respublikası}}; {{langx|ru|Республика Татарстан|Respublika Tatarstan}}, {{IPA|ru|rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan|IPA}}|group=n}} sometimes also called '''Tataria''',{{efn|{{langx|tt-Cyrl|Татария}};<ref>{{Cite web |title=РЕСПУБЛИКИ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия |url=http://bre.mkrf.ru/text/5640642 |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=bre.mkrf.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Институт Татарской Энциклопедии –> Статьи энциклопедии |url=http://www.ite.antat.ru/articles/st1.html |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=www.ite.antat.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Farnsworth |first=Beatrice |date=2002 |title=Village Mothers: Three Generations of Change in Russia and Tataria. By David L. Ransel. Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. xii, 315 pp. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Photographs. Map. $39.95, hard bound. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/slavic-review/article/abs/village-mothers-three-generations-of-change-in-russia-and-tataria-by-david-l-ransel-indianamichigan-series-in-russian-and-east-european-studies-bloomington-indiana-university-press-2000-xii-315-pp-appendixes-notes-bibliography-index-photographs-map-3995-hard-bound/F6E672C5B8D03AD288148635D52AA49C# |journal=Slavic Review |language=en |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=415–416 |doi=10.2307/2697167 |jstor=2697167 |s2cid=165075415 |issn=0037-6779|url-access=subscription }}</ref> {{langx|ru|Татария}}|group=n}} is a [[Republics of Russia|republic]] of [[Russia]] located in [[Eastern Europe]]. It is a part of the [[Volga Federal District]]; and its [[capital city|capital]] and largest city is [[Kazan]], an important cultural centre in Russia. The region's main source of wealth is [[Petroleum|oil]] with a strong [[Petrochemical industry|petrochemical industry]].

The republic borders the [[Oblasts of Russia|oblasts]] of [[Kirov Oblast|Kirov]], [[Ulyanovsk Oblast|Ulyanovsk]], [[Samara Oblast|Samara]] and [[Orenburg Oblast|Orenburg]], as well as the republics of [[Mari El]], [[Udmurtia]], [[Chuvashia]] and [[Bashkortostan]]. The area of the republic is {{convert|68000|km2|mi2}}, occupying 0.4% of the total surface of the country.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last1=Usmanov |first1=Bulat |last2=Nicu |first2=Ionut Cristi |last3=Gainullin |first3=Iskander |last4=Khomyakov |first4=Peter |date=2018 |title=Monitoring and assessing the destruction of archaeological sites from Kuibyshev reservoir coastline, Tatarstan Republic, Russian Federation. A case study |url=https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/7427935282 |journal=Journal of Coastal Conservation: Planning and Management |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=417–429 |doi=10.1007/s11852-017-0590-9 |bibcode=2018JCC....22..417U |s2cid=134991822 |issn=1400-0350|url-access=subscription }}</ref> As of the [[Russian Census (2021)|2021 Census]], the population of Tatarstan was&nbsp;4,004,809.<ref name="2021Census" />

Tatarstan has strong cultural, linguistic and ethnic ties with its eastern neighbour, [[Bashkortostan]], which is also a republic of Russia.<ref name="HeCh3" /><ref name="oWTJE" />

The official languages of the republic are [[Tatar language|Tatar]] and [[Russian language|Russian]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Whalley|first=Zita|title=Will the Tatar Language Become Extinct?|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/russia/articles/will-the-tatar-language-become-extinct/|access-date=2020-12-25|website=Culture Trip|date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>