Tarko-Sale

Tarko-Sale (English)
Тарко-Сале (Russian)
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Purovsky District Administration building in Tarko-Sale

Location of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Tarko-Sale
Location of Tarko-Sale in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 64°55′N 77°48′E / 64.917°N 77.800°E / 64.917; 77.800Coordinates: 64°55′N 77°48′E / 64.917°N 77.800°E / 64.917; 77.800
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Administrative status (as of December 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district Purovsky District[1]
Administrative center of Purovsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2013)
Municipal district Purovsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Tarko-Sale Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Purovsky Municipal District,[2] Tarko-Sale Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 20,398 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[4]
Founded 1932
Town status since March 23, 2004
Postal code(s)[5] 629850, 629851
Official website
Tarko-Sale on Wikimedia Commons

Tarko-Sale (Russian: Та́рко-Сале́) is a town and the administrative center of Purovsky District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Pyakupur River near its confluence with the Ayvasedapur, 560 kilometers (350 mi) southeast of Salekhard, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population: 20,398(2010 Census);[3] 18,517(2002 Census);[6] 17,400(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1932, granted urban-type settlement status in 1976, and town status on March 23, 2004.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tarko-Sale serves as the administrative center of Purovsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Tarko-Sale is incorporated within Purovsky Municipal District as Tarko-Sale Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Russia's largest independent gas producer, Novatek, is headquartered in Tarko-Sale.

Culture

There is a museum of local lore in the town.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #42-ZAO
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #113-ZAO
  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. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. 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.
  7. 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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