Nizhnevartovsk

Nizhnevartovsk (in English)
Нижневартовск (Russian)
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Location of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Nizhnevartovsk
Location of Nizhnevartovsk in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 60°57′N 76°36′E / 60.950°N 76.600°E / 60.950; 76.600Coordinates: 60°57′N 76°36′E / 60.950°N 76.600°E / 60.950; 76.600
Coat of arms
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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 January 2017)
Urban okrug Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug,[2] Nizhnevartovsky Municipal District[2]
Mayor[3] Vasily Tikhonov[3]
Representative body City Duma[4]
Statistics
Area 271.319 km2 (104.757 sq mi)[5]
Population (2010 Census) 251,694 inhabitants[6]
- Rank in 2010 73rd
Density 928/km2 (2,400/sq mi)[7]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[8]
Founded 1909
City status since March 9, 1972
Postal code(s)[9] 628600-628624
Dialing code(s) +7 3466
Official website
Nizhnevartovsk on Wikimedia Commons

Nizhnevartovsk (Russian: Нижневартовск; IPA: [nʲɪʐnʲɪˈvartəfsk]) is a city in Russia, Khanty-Mansia, that serves as administrative center of Nizhnevartovsk district. It is located 30 km away from the Tomsk Oblast border along the right bank of the Ob River beside Samotlor oil field.

Since the 1960s – an age of active exploration of West Siberia's oil fields – the small settlement began to grow rapidly, and nowadays it has become a modern and comfortable city.

Population: 251,694 (2010 Census);[6] 239,044 (2002 Census);[10] 241,457 (1989 Census).[11]

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.

Geography

Location

Nizhnevartovsk is situated in the Sredneobskaya Lowland of West Siberian Plain, in the middle course of the Ob River on its northern bank. Geographical coordinates are 60°57′00″N 76°36′00″E / 60.95000°N 76.60000°E / 60.95000; 76.60000.

Climate

Under the Köppen climate classification, using the 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm, Nizhnevartovsk features a boreal climate (Dfcb).

Winters are cold and humid, and prevailing wind patterns that blow from the South. The daily mean temperature in January, the city's coldest month, is −25.8 °C (−14.4 °F). Summers are typically warm and humid, but short, with a daily mean temperature of 18.2 °C (64.8 °F) in July. Transitional seasons are short.

The city receives 400–620 millimetres (15.7–24.4 in) of precipitation annually, mostly spread throughout the summer months. Average winter snowfall is 70–80 centimetres (27.6–31.5 in); this varies considerably from year to year.

Economy

Nizhnevartovsk is the center of the West Siberian oil-producing region and one of the wealthiest cities in the country.

Government

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]

The cify of Nizhnevartovsk features prominently in the opening of Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising, a novel which details a hypothetical war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. In the novel, Nizhnevartovsk is depicted as a significant center for petroleum in the Soviet Union, serving as a well and a refinery. Ultimately, Ibrahim Tolkhaze, an Azerbaijani engineer at the refinery whose grandfather was involved with anti-Soviet Azerbaijani nationalists, becomes dislillusioned with Marxism-Leninism due to their atheistic rejection of Islam. As a result, he is driven to form a conspiracy with his allies in the MVD and lead a terrorist attack on the compound. The men sabotage the compound, killing themselves with an explosion. The ensuing fire engulfs the facility, causing a serious setback for the underperforming Soviet petroleum industry. As a result, a major economic crisis occurs due to a looming energy crisis from oil shortages. The Politburo decides that it will be unable to purchase grain from the West without oil revenue, and decides to pursue an invasion of the Persian Gulf to capture its oil fields. In order to prevent American intervention, the Soviets attempt to break up NATO by invading and occupying Western Europe. This fails to have the desired effect of deterring the United States, instead causing World War III.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #43-oz
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #63-oz
  3. 1 2 "A new mayor has been elected" (in Russian). nv86.ru. 2016-10-25.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Социальный паспорт города Нижневартовска по состоянию на 01.01.2012 года. Официальный сайт органов местного самоуправления города Нижневартовска
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  9. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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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