Priobje

Urban-type settlement Priobje Приобье flag coat of arms Federal district Ural region Autonomous circle of the Khanty and Mansi / Ugra Rajon Oktyabrskoye head Sergei Matyunin First mention 1967 Urban-type settlement since 1988 population 7215 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34678 Post Code 628126 License Plate 86, 186 OKATO 71 121 656 Website www.priobie.ru Geographical location Coordinates 62 ° 33 '  N , 65 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 33 '0 "  N , 65 ° 38' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra

Priobje ( Russian Прио́бье ) is an urban-type settlement in the West Siberian Autonomous Okrug of the Khanty and Mansi / Ugra ( Russia ) with 7215 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the West Siberian lowlands about 250 kilometers northwest of the administrative center of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug , on the left bank of the Aljoschkinskaya , a left arm of the Ob . The main arm of the Ob runs about five kilometers west of Priobje, which lies on an elevation in the middle of the floodplain of the river that was flooded during the spring floods .

Priobje belongs to Oktyabrskoye district (Oktyabrsky); its administrative center, the Oktjabrskoje settlement, is a good 20 kilometers southwest on the far right bank of the Ob.

history

The place was created from 1967 in connection with the construction of a railway line from Iwdel in the Northern Urals , which had a railway connection from Serow since 1943 . The left bank of the Ob, a few kilometers north of the Sergino settlement, was chosen as the end point of the route, where a river port was to be built.

In 1969 the railway line was opened. The station was named Priobje (from Russian pri Obi for on the Ob or this side of the Ob ). The settlement near the train station and river port was initially officially named Serginski after the original village , where a village soviet (local government) existed from 1972 ; but the name of the Priobje train station was also used.

The importance of the place grew in particular with the emergence of the city of Njagan , located almost 50 kilometers to the south, and the start of oil production in this area in the 1980s, so that on May 10, 1988, the status of an urban-type settlement was awarded under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1989	8,570
2002	7.140
2010	7,215

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Priobje is mainly the logistic center for the supply of oil and gas production areas in the western part of the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug . With its river port, as the end point of the 379 kilometer long railway line from Iwdel and, in winter, the starting point of an ice road on the Ob, it is an important transfer point.

There are also companies involved in the construction industry and for maintaining the pipelines running through the area, as well as smaller forestry and agricultural operations.

UTair operates a helicopter airport in Priobje .

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

• Website of the settlement Priobje (Russian)