Title: Simferopol Status: The capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Administrative, industrial, scientific and cultural center of the country. Is also the center of Simferopol region, but the in the district is not included, but is one of 11 cities of republican subordination Location: Located in the foothills of Crimea, in the hollow formed by the intersection of the inter-ridge valleys between the outer (lowest) and the internal ridges of the Crimean mountains and river valley Salgir. Population: 360.5 Area: 107.41 square meters. km. Waterways: River Salgir, Small Salgir River (right tributary of the river Salgir), Simferopol Reservoir, Intermountain reservoir partisan reservoir. Founded: 1784 Historical note: The official date of foundation is considered to Simferopol in 1784. The first human settlements on the territory of Simferopol have been around since prehistoric times, but the most famous of the ancient predecessor of the city is Scythian Naples - the capital of the Late State incurred approximately 3 century BC. er. During the Crimean Khanate emerged Akmesdzhit small town in the Russian sources, known as Akmechet, Ak-Mosque Akmechit ("White Mosque"), which was the residence of Calga - the second person in the state after Khan. After joining the Crimea to the Russian Empire in 1784, it was decided to establish a center formed in most of the land area of ​​the Khanate of Tauris (later province) on the spot Ak Mosque. Economic development of the provincial capital was in 19. after construction of the railway in the Crimea. Since 1991 - the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in the Ukraine. "The gate of the Crimea", the main transportation hub and transshipment point for tourist destinations, from here on the Crimean resorts are all the roads of the peninsula. Major attractions:Scythian Naples, Kebir-Dzhami Mosque.