Agidel (Bashkir: Ағиҙел, Aghidhel; Russian: Агиде́ль; Tatar: Ağidel) is a town in Bashkortostan, Russia, at the border with Tatarstan. The name of the town derives from the Bashkir name of the Belaya River: Aghidhel River, a tributary to the Kama River, near the confluence of which the town is located.
Agidel was founded in 1980 as a settlement supporting the construction of the Bashkir nuclear power plant. Town status granted in 1991.
2002 population—18,721.
As of 2005, the head of the town's administration is Valery Yakovlevich Fyodorov .
After the Chernobyl events, people of Tatarstan are strongly opposed to construction of a nuclear plant near their republic border.
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Last updated: 10-19-2005 08:09:57
