Samara

Samara Самара
City[1]
Top: View of Samara skyline along the Volga river Middle: Sacred Heart Church, Soyuz launch vehicle (left to right) Bottom: Samara Railway Station, Samara Regional Art Museum (left to right)
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Samara
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Coordinates: 53°12′10″N 50°08′27″E / 53.20278°N 50.14083°E / 53.20278; 50.14083
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Samara Oblast[2]
Founded	1586[3]
City status since	1688[4]
Government
• Body	Duma[5]
• Mayor[6]	Yelena Lapushkina[6]
Area [7]
• Total	541.382 km2 (209.029 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[8]
• Total	1,164,685
• Estimate  (2018)[9]	1,163,399 (−0.1%)
• Rank	sixth in 2010
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	city of oblast significance of Samara[2]
• Capital of	Samara Oblast,[2] Volzhsky District[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Samara Urban Okrug[10]
• Capital of	Samara Urban Okrug,[10] Volzhsky Municipal District[11]
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK+1 [12])
Postal code(s)[13]	443XXX
Dialing code(s)	+7 846[14]
OKTMO ID	36701000001

Samara (/səˈmɑːrə/ sə-MAR-ə;^[15] Russian: Самара, IPA: [sɐˈmarə]), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (Куйбышев; IPA: [ˈkujbɨʂɨf]), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents,^[16] up to 1.22 million residents in the urban agglomeration, not including Novokuybyshevsk, which is not conurbated. The city covers an area of 541.382 square kilometers (209.029 sq mi), and is the eighth-largest city in Russia and tenth agglomeration, the third-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District.

Formerly a closed city, Samara is now a large and important social, political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre in Russia and hosted the European Union—Russia Summit in May 2007. It has a continental climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters. The life of Samara's citizens has always been intrinsically linked to the Volga River, which has not only served as the main commercial thoroughfare of Russia throughout several centuries, but also has great visual appeal.^{[citation needed]} Samara's riverfront is one of the main recreation sites for both local citizens and tourists.^{[citation needed]}