BIRSKY RAION
BIRSKY RAION, located in the central part of the RB. Established on August 20, 1930. Between 1963—65, B.r. included the territory of Mishkinsky Raion. Territory — 1,717 km2. Adm. centre — Birsk, which is located 98 km NW of Ufa and 50 km NW of Blagoveshchensk Railway Station. Po pulation — 16.3 thous. people (2017).
In 2018, the area of agricultural lands amounted to 110.2 thous. ha (64.2% of the total area), including arable lands — 53.8, hayfields — 20.5 and pastures — 34.5. Agricultural enterprises [1 MUP, 12 OOOs, 68 peasant (farmer) farms] specialize in the cultivation of grain crops, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and berries, meat and dairy cattle breeding and pig breeding. Beekeeping and fish farming are well developed. On the territory of the Raion, there are: Birsky Plants Testing Site, the BashNIISKh scientific division. Also, there is the Birsk branch of GUSP MTS Tsyentralnaya. Highways Ufa—Birsk— Yanaul, Birsk—Tastuba—Satka (Chelya binsk Obl.), Birsk—Dyurtyuli and Birsk— Kushnarenkovo cross the territory. The Belaya River is used as a logistics route.
There are: 16 general education schools with 18 preschool educational groups, a rural hospital, 3 medical outpatient clinics, 25 medical and obstetrical centers, a branch of Tolpar Children’s Health Resort, 24 clubs and 23 libraries.
