Megion

city Megion Мегион flag coat of arms Federal district Ural region Autonomous circle of the Khanty and Mansi / Ugra Urban district Megion Founded 1962 City since 1980 surface 51  km² population 49,449 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 970 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34663 Post Code 628680-628684 License Plate 86, 186 OKATO 71 133 Website www.admmegion.ru Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 2 '  N , 76 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 2 '0 "  N , 76 ° 6' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra

List of cities in Russia

A residential area in Megion

Megion ( Russian Мегион ) is a city in West Siberia , in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra ( Russia ) with 49,449 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the right (northern) bank of the Ob in the West Siberian lowlands about 25 km west of Nizhnevartovsk . Near the city, the eponymous river arm Mega flows back into the main stream of the Ob (the chantic word mechi or megi denotes a sharp bend in the river). The climate is continental.

The town forms a separate urban district, the territory of the Rajons enclosed Nizhnevartovsk. The urban-type settlement Vysoki (Высокий) , which was founded in 1982, has 6933 inhabitants, so that the total population is 56,422 (2010).

history

A Chantic settlement in the area of ​​today's city Megion has been known since 1810. In 1912 it appeared in official documents as Magajon (Магайон), in the 1940s as the village of Megion. In 1961 there were the first oil discoveries in the area in the middle Ob area. In 1962 an oil workers' settlement was established. In 1964 it was given the status of an urban-type settlement , and on July 23, 1980, town charter .

Population development

year	Residents
1959	400
1970	6,431
1979	23,629
1989	39,783
2002	46,566
2010	49,449

Note: census data (1959 rounded)

Culture and sights

Megion has a local museum called the Regional Historical, Cultural and Ecological Center .

Economy and Infrastructure

Megion is one of the centers of oil production in Western Siberia. The main company is Slavneft-Megionneftegaz (Славнефть-Мегионнефтегаз).

The city is located on the Surgut –Nizhnevartovsk railway line, which opened in 1979 ; the station is outside the city, about 15 km from the center near Vysoki.

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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 : Megion  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Megion on mojgorod.ru (Russian)