Agidel is a city in the northwestern part of the Republic of Bashkortostan, which is located on the right bank of the White River. Agidel was originally founded as a village in 1980. In 1991 it received the status of a city. The climate is quite favorable, characterized by warm summer, a large amount of precipitation, the absence of droughts.
The city is connected with the Amzya station, which is located on the Kazan-Yekaterinburg highway. At 20 km. in the east of the city there is a road that connects Agidel with Ufa, Perm, Izhevsk, Kazan and Yekaterinburg. The city of Agidel through the rivers White and Kama goes to the Caspian, Baltic and Black seas.
The main major enterprises are: Bashkir NPP, Bashkir Installation Department of the Electrouralmontazh Trust, Bashkir Installation Department of the Uralenergomontazh Trust. In 1990, without conducting an environmental assessment, a Resolution was adopted to stop the construction of the Bashkir nuclear power plant. This changed the fate of the people of Agidel.
In order to bring the city out of the economic crisis, for the socio-economic and cultural development of the city, to ensure conditions for attracting foreign capital and technologies, as well as funds from various enterprises, the Agidel Economic Development Zone was created, which was located on the territory of the city of Agidel. The facilities were managed by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The need to create the economic zone "Agidel" was determined by the favorable economic and geographical position of the city and the availability of busy production facilities, skilled labor, the proximity of powerful industrial regions - the Udmurt Republic, Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Perm regions.
From the funds received in accordance with the established procedure in the local budget, the Fund for the Development of the Economic Favored Nation Zone “Agidel” is formed.
Since the adoption of the Decree to date, 85 enterprises of various forms of ownership have been registered in the city. As of 01.02.96, stably functioning enterprises of the city are: Bashkir Installation Department of the Uralenergomontazh Trust CJSC, a dairy plant, HTP Silikat, a plant of concrete and construction structures, whose capacities are capable of producing 180 thousand cubic meters of precast concrete per year.
