Tuymazy (Russian: Туймазы́; Bashkir: Туймазы, Tuymazı) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located 145 kilometers (90 mi) from Ufa.
[9] It is an industrial town, with petroleum and natural gas industries and mechanical engineering being the most important economic assets.
[10] It was founded in 1912 as a railway station and was granted town status in 1960.
[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Tuymazy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Tuymazy is incorporated within Tuymazinsky Municipal District as Tuymazy Urban Settlement.