Nizhnevartovsk

Nizhnevartovsk (English)
Нижневартовск (Russian)
-  City[1]  -
From top down, left to right:
lake Komsomolskoye skyline;
buildings near lake Komsomolskoye; the derricks near lake Kymyl.

Location of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Nizhnevartovsk
Location of Nizhnevartovsk in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 60°57′N 76°33′E / 60.950°N 76.550°E / 60.950; 76.550Coordinates: 60°57′N 76°33′E / 60.950°N 76.550°E / 60.950; 76.550
Coat of arms
Flag
City Day March 9
Administrative status (as of December 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administratively subordinated to city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk[1]
Administrative center of Nizhnevartovsky District,[1] city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2009)
Urban okrug Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug,[2] Nizhnevartovsky Municipal District[2]
Mayor Boris Khokhryakov
Representative body City Duma[3]
Statistics
Area 271.319 km2 (104.757 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 251,694 inhabitants[5]
- Rank in 2010 73rd
Density 928/km2 (2,400/sq mi)[6]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[7]
Founded 1909
City status since March 9, 1972
Postal code(s)[8] 628600-628624
Dialing code(s) +7 3466
Official website
Nizhnevartovsk on Wikimedia Commons

Nizhnevartovsk (Russian: Нижневартовск; IPA: [nʲɪʐnʲɪˈvartəfsk]) is the second largest city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located along the right bank of the Ob River. Population: 251,694 (2010 Census);[5] 239,044 (2002 Census);[9] 241,457 (1989 Census).[10]

Geography

The city is laid out on a grid system; however, due to its location on the bank of the river, there is a central kink in the grid which parallels the river's course.

Climate

Each winter, temperatures can drop as low as −50 °C (−58 °F), and the local residents build a number of ice parks with snow and ice sculptures and play areas for children, mostly comprising images of Father Frost (Russian Santa), and ice slides. In the summer, temperatures can reach as high as +35 °C (95 °F).

History

It was founded in 1909; its development into a large city was boosted in the 1960s by the discovery of the Samotlor Oil Field, the largest in the country. Town status was granted to it on March 9, 1972.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nizhnevartovsk serves as the administrative center of Nizhnevartovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk is incorporated as Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

Nizhnevartovsk is the center of the West Siberian oil-producing region and one of the wealthiest cities in the country. The Nizhnevartovsk Airport is the fifteenth busiest airport in Russia, well ahead of those in many larger cities.

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Nizhnevartovsk is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #43-oz
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #63-oz
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Социальный паспорт города Нижневартовска по состоянию на 01.01.2012 года. Официальный сайт органов местного самоуправления города Нижневартовска
  5. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 05 апреля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of April 05, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  9. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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