Ust-Katav

Ust-Katav is a types of [inhabited localities in Russia|town] in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with ten types of [inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities], incorporated as the City of [federal subject significance|Town] of Ust-Katav—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the administrative [divisions of Chelyabinsk Oblast|districts]. As a municipal division, the Town of Ust-Katav is incorporated as Ust-Katavsky Urban Okrug.

Economy

Ust-Katav is best known for its factory UKVZ, which is the production place of the world's most numerous model of streetcar, the KTM-5.

Transportation

Ust-Katav is situated near the Trans-Siberian Railway, as well as the M5 "Ural" motorway.