Abaza (Russian and Khakas: Абаза, Abaza) is a town in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located on the Abakan River 144 kilometers (89 mi) south of Abakan.

[8] It was founded in 1856 and developed on the strength of iron ore deposits; the extraction industry is still important to the local economy.

[2] The extraction work of iron ore is carried out at a mine 5 km from the city.

[2] Since 1995, the Abakan mining group has been operating as a division of the OJSC "West-Siberian metallurgical plant».

It was included in the list of single-industry cities of the Russian Federation by order No1398-r of the Government "On approval of the list of single-industry towns" dated July 7, 2014.