Karabash is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

) in Bugulminsky District

Bugulminsky District

Bugulminsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Bugulma . District's population: 22,205 ;...

 of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located 27 kilometres (16.8 mi) northwest of Bugulma

Bugulma

Bugulma is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Population: Bugulma is the birthplace of noted Tatar singer Alsou. It is also the location for a series of short stories by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, some of which have been published in English under the title 'The Red...

, district's administrative center. It is situated at the confluence

Confluence

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 of the Zay

Zay River

The Zay is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Kama River. Its length is 270 km and its drainage basin is 5,020 km². It origins near Mikhaylovka, Leninogorsky District, Tatarstan and falls to the Kama River 7 km south-west of Nizhnekamsk.At its...

 and Stepnoy Zay Rivers. Population:

In 1989, ethnic Tatars accounted for 80.1% of the population, followed by the Russians

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

, 14.1%.

The settlement has been known since 1664. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1957.

Irkenneft oil company is the main industrial enterprise in the settlement. Other facilities include two secondary schools, a club, a hospital, and a mosque. The Karabash Reservoir

Karabash Reservoir

Karabash Reservoir is a reservoir of the upper Zay River near Karabash, Tatarstan, Russian Federation. It was filled in 1957 for the local oil and other industry needs. It has surface area 7.31 km², a length 8.7 km, mean depth 7.2 m and a volume 52.3 million cubic meters....

is located in the vicinity.