Yelabuga (also spelled Elabuga;[7] Russian: Елабуга; Tatar: Алабуга) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kama River and 200 kilometers (120 mi) east from Kazan.

The last mention of Yelabuga with the addition of the church name "Tresvyatskoye" in official documents dates back to 1701.

[11] In the local history literature of the XIX century, the past of Elabuga was associated with the ancient cities of Gelon and Bryakhimov.

The castle was built on the place of the legendary tomb of Alamir-Sultan (Alexander the Great "Macedonian")[vague].

In 2008, Sollers JSC built a new factory to produce the Fiat Ducato, and from 2021, started to assemble a luxury vehicle called the Aurus Senat, for the Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Engines Institute in Moscow (NAMI).

Based on satellite imagery, the facilities covered the size of ten football fields in late 2023.

Nadezhda Durova, who, disguised as a man, was a highly decorated cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars died there in 1866.