Ust-Katav
# Ust-Katav

Ust-Katav (Russian: Усть-Ката́в) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River. Population: 23,580 (2010 Census); 25,898 (2002 Census); 31,218 (1989 Census).

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Ust-Katav—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the 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.

