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Olı Qawal

Coordinates: 56°01′42″N 49°03′36″E / 56.028470°N 49.059863°E / 56.028470; 49.059863
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Olı Qawal
Олы Кавал
selo
Olı Qawal is located in Tatarstan
Olı Qawal
Olı Qawal
Coordinates: 56°01′42″N 49°03′36″E / 56.028470°N 49.059863°E / 56.028470; 49.059863
CountryRussia
RegionTatarstan
DistrictBiektaw District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Olı Qawal (Tatar: Олы Кавал, romanized: Olı Qawal) is a rural locality (a selo) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 466 as of 2010.[1]

Geography

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Olı Qawal is located 20 km northwest of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 35 km north of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.[2][3]

History

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The village already existed during the period of the Qazan Khanate.

From 18th to the first half of the 19th centuries village's residents belonged to the social estate of state peasants.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, village had 2 mosques, a madrasa, a mekteb, 2 windmills, 3 watermills and 9 small shops.

Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Qazan Uyezd of Qazan Governorate. Since 1920 was a part of Arça Canton; after the creation of districts in Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan) in Döbyaz (1930–1963), Yäşel Üzän (1963–1965) and Biektaw districts.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Олы Кавал". tatarica.org (in Tatar). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  2. ^ "Олы Кавал". tatarica.org (in Tatar). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  3. ^ "Расчет расстояний между городами".
  4. ^ "Олы Кавал". tatarica.org (in Tatar). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
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