Nizhnevartovsk
Nizhnevartovsk (Russian: Нижневартовск, IPA: [nʲɪʐnʲɪˈvartəfsk]) is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Since the 1960s, the Western Siberian oil boom caused Nizhnevartovsk's fast growth from a small settlement to a city because of it being next to the Samotlor oil field. It is on the right bank of the Ob River. It is 30 kilometers (19 mi) from the border with Tomsk Oblast. The petroleum industry has made it one of the wealthiest cities in Russia.
| Nizhnevartovsk (English) Нижневартовск (Russian) | |
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 Lake Komsomolskoye skyline | |
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| City Day | March 9 |
| Administrative status (as of December 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk |
| Municipal status (as of January 2017) | |
| Urban okrug | Nizhnevartovsk Urban District |
| Mayor[1] | Vasily Tikhonov[1] |
| Representative body | City Duma[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 271.319 km2 (104.757 sq mi)[3] |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) | 251,694 inhabitants[4] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 73rd |
| Density | 928/km2 (2,404/sq mi)[5] |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+06:00) |
| Founded | 1909 |
| City status since | March 9, 1972 |
| Postal code(s) | 628600-628624 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3466 |
| Official website | |
Population: 251,694 (2010 Census);[4] 239,044 (2002 Census);[6] 241,457 (1989 Census).[7]
History
Nizhnevartovsk was founded in 1909. It was made as a point for merchant steamships on the Ob River to get firewood to power their boats. It was given city status in 1972 after large growth.
Notable people
In popular culture
Nizhnevartovsk features in the opening of Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising. This book describes a hypothetical war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. In the novel, Nizhnevartovsk is shown as a major center for petroleum in the Soviet Union until it is sabotaged, causing a major economic crisis which causes World War III.
Gallery
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Nizhnevartovsk Media
Map of Russia - Yekaterinburg time zone
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "A new mayor has been elected" (in русский). nv86.ru. 2016-10-25.
- ↑ "Дума города Нижневартовска". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ↑ Социальный паспорт города Нижневартовска по состоянию на 01.01.2012 года. Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine Официальный сайт органов местного самоуправления города Нижневартовска
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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- ↑ "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[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); no-break space character in|accessdate=at position 9 (help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 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.[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
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