Pyt-Yakh

Coat of arms of Pyt-Yakh

Pyt-Yakh (Russian: Пыть-Ях) is a town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the right bank of the Bolshoy Balyk River, southeast of Khanty-Mansiysk. Population: 41,813 (2002 Census); 17,101 (1989 Census).

The town was formed by merging the settlements of Mamonovo and Pyt-Yakh in 1990.

Pyt-Yakh means "place of good people" in the Khanty language.

The economy of the town is based on oil and natural gas extraction.

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Administrative center: Khanty-Mansiysk

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