Nyagan

Nyagan (English)
Нягань (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Nyagan
Location of Nyagan in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 62°08′N 65°23′E / 62.133°N 65.383°E / 62.133; 65.383Coordinates: 62°08′N 65°23′E / 62.133°N 65.383°E / 62.133; 65.383
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of December 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of okrug significance of Nyagan[1]
Administrative center of town of okrug significance of Nyagan[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2009)
Urban okrug Nyagan Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Nyagan Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 54,890 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 304th
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[4]
Founded 1965
Official website
Nyagan on Wikimedia Commons

Nyagan (Russian: Нягань) is a town in the northwest of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located near the Ob River and 230 kilometers (140 mi) northwest of Khanty-Mansiysk. It is named after the Nyagan-Yugan River, a tributary of the Ob River. Population: 54,890 (2010 Census);[3] 52,610 (2002 Census);[5] 54,061 (1989 Census).[6]

Economy and history

Nyagan is one of the youngest towns in Western Siberia. It was established in 1965 as a forestry center; it is now principally a center of the petroleum and natural gas industries, and was originally named Nyakh (Нях). This toponym appeared on maps in the same year, but the town was renamed on August 15, 1985. The town territory is a waterlogged area, and the region is notable for sudden temperature drops. The railway from Yekaterinburg to the Ob region has passed through Nyagan since April 2, 1967. Nyagan Airport, which opened in 1993, handles the Russian Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, and Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft.

Climate

Classified by Köppen-Geiger system as continental sub-arctic climate (Dfc), with warm-to-mild summers and long very cold winters. Precipitation is distributed over the course of the year, but is somewhat more in summer.

Climate data for Nyagan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −16.4
(2.5)		 −14.3
(6.3)		 −4.4
(24.1)		 3.4
(38.1)		 10.9
(51.6)		 18.8
(65.8)		 22.7
(72.9)		 18.6
(65.5)		 11.9
(53.4)		 1.8
(35.2)		 −7.8
(18)		 −13.4
(7.9)		 2.65
(36.77)
Daily mean °C (°F) −20.7
(−5.3)		 −19
(−2)		 −9.9
(14.2)		 −1.8
(28.8)		 5.5
(41.9)		 13.4
(56.1)		 17.5
(63.5)		 13.6
(56.5)		 7.6
(45.7)		 −1.5
(29.3)		 −11.7
(10.9)		 −17.6
(0.3)		 −2.05
(28.33)
Average low °C (°F) −24.9
(−12.8)		 −23.7
(−10.7)		 −15.4
(4.3)		 −7
(19)		 0.2
(32.4)		 8
(46)		 12.4
(54.3)		 8.7
(47.7)		 3.4
(38.1)		 −4.8
(23.4)		 −15.5
(4.1)		 −21.7
(−7.1)		 −6.69
(19.89)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 32
(1.26)		 20
(0.79)		 22
(0.87)		 34
(1.34)		 46
(1.81)		 66
(2.6)		 76
(2.99)		 83
(3.27)		 63
(2.48)		 53
(2.09)		 42
(1.65)		 33
(1.3)		 570
(22.45)
Source: Climate-Data.org[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Nyagan—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Nyagan is incorporated as Nyagan Urban Okrug.[2]

Culture

On September 1, 2000 a regional museum opened in Nyagan.

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #43-oz
  2. 1 2 3 Law #63-oz
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Climate: Nyagan - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Successful return for Vancouver: Olympic Solidarity for Vancouver hopefuls". olympic.org. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

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