Uray

Uray (in English)
Урай (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Uray
Location of Uray in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 60°08′N 64°48′E / 60.133°N 64.800°E / 60.133; 64.800Coordinates: 60°08′N 64°48′E / 60.133°N 64.800°E / 60.133; 64.800
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 Uray[1]
Administrative center of town of okrug significance of Uray[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2009)
Urban okrug Uray Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Uray Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 39,457 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[4]
Town status since 1965
Postal code(s)[5] 628285
Dialing code(s) +7 34676
Official website
Uray on Wikimedia Commons

Uray (Russian: Ура́й) is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, located on the Konda River 350 kilometers (220 mi) from Khanty-Mansiysk. Population: 39,457 (2010 Census);[3] 38,872 (2002 Census);[6] 37,198 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded as a settlement for oil field workers. It was granted town status in 1965.

Administrative and municipal status

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

Economy

Uray is the organizational center of the oil-extracting region. In 1960, the first oil field in Siberia—the Shaimskoye field—opened here). Uray is the starting point of the Shaim–Tyumen oilpipe line. TPP Uraуneftegaz OOO "LUKoil- Zapadnaya Sibir" oil reprocessor plant is located in Uray.

Other Uray's industries include food industry and housebuilding.

Transportation

The town is served by the Uray Airport.

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 №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.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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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