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Labytnangi

Labytnangi (English)
Лабытнанги (Russian)
лапыт нангк (Khanty)
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Map of Russia - Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (2008-03).svg
Location of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Labytnangi is located in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Labytnangi
Labytnangi
Location of Labytnangi in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 66°39′26″N 66°25′06″E / 66.65722°N 66.41833°E / 66.65722; 66.41833Coordinates: 66°39′26″N 66°25′06″E / 66.65722°N 66.41833°E / 66.65722; 66.41833
Coat of Arms of Labytnangi (Yamal Nenetsia).png
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of September 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Administratively subordinated to town of okrug significance of Labytnangi
Administrative center of town of okrug significance of Labytnangi
Municipal status (as of December 2004)
Urban okrug Labytnangi Urban Okrug
Administrative center of Labytnangi Urban Okrug
Head Leonid Savchenko
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 26,936 inhabitants
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)
Founded 1890
Town status since 1975
Official website
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Labytnangi (Russian: Лабытна́нги; from Khanty: лапыт нангк; lit. seven larches) 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);27,304 (2002 Census);31,501 (1989 Census).

It was established in 1890. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1952 and town status in 1975.

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 an ambitious 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.

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. As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Labytnangi is incorporated as Labytnangi Urban Okrug.


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