Uray
Урай
Town[1]
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Uray is located in Russia
Uray
Uray
Location of Uray
Uray is located in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Uray
Uray
Uray (Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 60°08′N 64°48′E / 60.133°N 64.800°E / 60.133; 64.800
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug[1]
Founded1922Edit this on Wikidata
Town status since1965
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total39,457
 • Subordinated totown of okrug significance of Uray[1]
 • Capital oftown of okrug significance of Uray[1]
 • Urban okrugUray Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofUray Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
628285
Dialing code(s)+7 34676
OKTMO ID71878000001
Websitewww.uray.ru

Uray (Russian: Ура́й; Mansi: Урай) a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, located on the Konda River 350 kilometres (220 mi) from Khanty-Mansiysk. Population: 39,457 (2010 Census);[2] 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.[citation needed]

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.[3]

Economy

Uray is the organisational centre 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 industries include food and housebuilding.

Transportation

The town is served by the Uray Airport.

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #43-oz
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Law #63-oz
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  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 (21 May 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).
  7. ^ 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.

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Administrative divisions of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
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