title: Ölä
text: # Ölä
  
  Ölä (Tatar: Өлә, romanized: Ölä) is a rural locality (a selo) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 218 as of 2010.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Ölä is located 40 km north of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 68 km north of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.
  
  ## History
  
  The earliest known record of the settlement dates from the 17th century.
  
  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 a mosque, a blacksmith shop, a windmill, a manufactory shop and 3 small shops.
  
  Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Çar 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.
  
  