UFA, a town of European Russia, capital of the government of Orenburg, at the confluence of the Ufa and the Belaia, 200 miles N. of Orenburg. It is walled and defended by a citadel, and has many well built and regular streets. The Bishop of Orenburg and a Mohammedan mufti have their seat here; and there are six churches a number of mosques, two convents, several schools, a poor-house, and lunatic asylum. A considerable trade is carried on in corn and cattle. About half of the inhabitants are Tartars. Pop. 12,894.