Nizhnevartovsk
| Nizhnevartovsk (English) Нижневартовск (Russian) |
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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 | ||||
| Administrative center of | Nizhnevartovsky District, city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk | ||||
| Municipal status (as of January 2017) | |||||
| Urban okrug | Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug | ||||
| Administrative center of | Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug, Nizhnevartovsky Municipal District | ||||
| Mayor | Vasily Tikhonov | ||||
| Representative body | City Duma | ||||
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| Area | 271.319 km2 (104.757 sq mi) | ||||
| Population (2010 Census) | 251,694 inhabitants | ||||
| - Rank in 2010 | 73rd | ||||
| Density | 928/km2 (2,400/sq mi) | ||||
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+05:00) | ||||
| Founded | 1909 | ||||
| City status since | March 9, 1972 | ||||
| Postal code(s) | 628600-628624 | ||||
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3466 | ||||
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Nizhnevartovsk (Russian: Нижневартовск; IPA: [nʲɪʐnʲɪˈvartəfsk]) is a city in Russia, Khanty-Mansia, that serves as administrative center of Nizhnevartovsk district. It is located 30 km away from the Tomsk Oblast border along the right bank of the Ob River beside Samotlor oil field.
Since the 1960s – an age of active exploration of West Siberia's oil fields – the small settlement began to grow rapidly, and nowadays it has become a modern and comfortable city.
Population: 251,694 (2010 Census); 239,044 (2002 Census);241,457 (1989 Census).
It was founded in 1909; its development into a large city was boosted in the 1960s by the discovery of the Samotlor Oil Field, the largest in the country. Town status was granted to it on March 9, 1972.
Nizhnevartovsk is situated in the Sredneobskaya Lowland of West Siberian Plain, in the middle course of the Ob River on its northern bank. Geographical coordinates are 60°57′00″N 76°36′00″E / 60.95000°N 76.60000°E.
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