Vuktyl
Вуктыл
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • KomiВуктыл
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View of Vuktyl
Coat of arms of Vuktyl
Coat of arms
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Vuktyl is located in Russia
Vuktyl
Vuktyl
Location of Vuktyl
Vuktyl is located in Komi Republic
Vuktyl
Vuktyl
Vuktyl (Komi Republic)
Coordinates: 63°42′N 57°19′E / 63.700°N 57.317°E / 63.700; 57.317
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKomi Republic[1]
Founded1968[2]
Town status since1989[2]
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total12,356
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
10,017 (−18.9%)
 • Subordinated totown of republic significance of Vuktyl[1]
 • Capital oftown of republic significance of Vuktyl[1]
 • Municipal districtVuktyl Municipal District[5]
 • Urban settlementVuktyl Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofVuktyl Municipal District,[5] Vuktyl Urban Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
169570
OKTMO ID87712000001
Websitewww.vuktyl.com

Vuktyl (Russian: Вукты́л, Komi: Вуктыл) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pechora River near its confluence with the Vuktyl River [ru], 575 kilometers (357 mi) northeast of Syktyvkar, the capital of the republic. Population: 12,356 (2010 Russian census);[3] 14,472 (2002 Census);[8] 19,330 (1989 Soviet census).[9]

History

It was founded in 1968 and granted town status in 1989.[2] A major oil pipeline runs from Vuktyl to Ukhta to Torzhok.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Vuktyl is, together with four rural-type settlement administrative territories (comprising ten rural localities), incorporated as the town of republic significance of Vuktyl—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Vuktyl is incorporated as Vuktyl Municipal District; the town of Vuktyl is incorporated within it as Vuktyl Urban Settlement.[5] The four rural-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.[5]

Transportation

The town is served by the Vuktyl Airport.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #16-RZ
  2. ^ a b c "General Information" (in Russian). Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  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. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Law #11-RZ
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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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