Ljantor

city Ljantor Лянтор flag coat of arms Federal district Ural region Autonomous circle of the Khanty and Mansi / Ugra Rajon Surgut mayor Sergei Machinya Founded 1967 City since 1992 surface 61  km² population 38,992 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 639 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34638 Post Code 628449 License Plate 86, 186 OKATO 71 126 605 Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 37 ′  N , 72 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 72 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra

List of cities in Russia

Ljantor ( Russian Лянтор ) is a city in Western Siberia , in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra ( Russia ) with 38,992 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the West Siberian lowlands north of the Ob on its tributary Pim , about 80 km northwest of Surgut . The climate is continental.

The city of Ljantor is administratively subordinate to the Surgut district .

history

In 1932 a fishing village of the same name was built on the banks of the Pim River. In 1965 exploratory drilling began in the area; the discovered oil deposit was named Ljantorskoje (Лянторское месторождение) after a nearby lake . Since 1967, a geological and oil workers' settlement was established , which was officially named Ljantorski (Лянторский) in 1978 and urban-type settlement in 1980 . In 1984 the old village of Pim became part of the settlement. The place has had municipal rights since 1992.

Population development

year	Residents
1989	22,071
2002	33,011
2010	38,992

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Ljantor there has been an ethnographic museum on the culture of the indigenous people of the Khanty since 1989 , which also includes an open-air exhibition.

economy

Lyantor is a center of the oil production on the deposits Ljantorskoje and Nischnesortymskoje (Нижнесортымское, Low Sortym). The company Ljantorneft (Лянторнефть) located here belongs to the Surgutneftegas (Сургутнефтегаз) concern.

See also

• List of cities in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Ljantor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City news portal (Russian)
• Ljantor on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Ethnographic Museum website (Russian)