Labytnangi
Лабытнанги
Town[1]
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Labytnangi is located in Russia
Labytnangi
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Location of Labytnangi
Labytnangi is located in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Labytnangi
Labytnangi
Labytnangi (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 66°39′26″N 66°25′06″E / 66.65722°N 66.41833°E / 66.65722; 66.41833
CountryRussia
Federal subjectYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug[1]
Founded1890[2]
Town status since1975[2]
Government
 • Head[2]Leonid Savchenko[2]
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total26,936
 • Subordinated totown of okrug significance of Labytnangi[1]
 • Capital oftown of okrug significance of Labytnangi[1]
 • Urban okrugLabytnangi Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofLabytnangi Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
629400Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID71953000001
Websitelbt.yanao.ru

Labytnangi (Russian: Лабытна́нги; from Khanty: лапыт нангк; lit. seven larches; Nenets: Лабытнаӈгы. Labytnaŋgy) is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ob River, 20 kilometers (12 mi) northwest of Salekhard. Population: 26,936 (2010 Census);[3] 27,304 (2002 Census);[7] 31,501 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was established in 1890.[2] It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1952[citation needed] and town status in 1975.[2]

Labytnangi is connected to the European Russia by a branch of the Konosha-Vorkuta railway. It is the terminus station on this short stub branch; however, it was built in the early 1950s by Gulag inmates as the first stage of a large project under which the railway would have crossed the north of Tyumen Oblast and reached Igarka on the Yenisei River. The project was abandoned after Joseph Stalin's death.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Labytnangi—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Labytnangi is incorporated as Labytnangi Urban Okrug.[4]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #42-ZAO
  2. ^ a b c d e f Official website of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Information about Labytnangi Archived July 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b c Law #105-ZAO
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

External links

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