Salekhard

Salekhard
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
	Source: Roshydromet

Federal district	Ural
region	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Urban district	Salekhard
mayor	Alexander Spirin
Founded	1595
City since	1938
surface	1018 km²
population	42,544 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	42 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	15 m
Time zone	UTC + 5
Telephone code	(+7) 34922
Post Code	62900x
License Plate	89
OKATO	71 171
Website	www.salekhard.org
Geographical location
Coordinates	66 ° 32 ' N , 66 ° 38' E Coordinates: 66 ° 32 '0 " N , 66 ° 38' 0" E
	Situation in Russia
	Location in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
	List of cities in Russia

View over Salekhard

Main road to Aksarka

Salekhard ( Russian Салехард ; Nenets Саля'харад , house on peninsula ) is a Russian town with 42,544 inhabitants (14 October 2010) in northern Siberia . It is the capital of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug .

geography

Salekhard is located on the right bank of the Ob , a little above or southwest of the Obbus . The Arctic Circle runs directly north of Salekhard , which is reminiscent of the Arctic Circle Monument in the city. The distance to Moscow is about 1950 km as the crow flies in a southwestern direction. The closest cities are Labytnangi , 16 km northwest of Salekhard on the opposite bank of the Ob, and Vorkuta , around 155 km northwest.

The climate is subarctic ( Dfc ) with short, moderately warm summers and long icy winters.

history

The place was founded in 1595 as a Cossack fortress and was called Obdorsk (Обдорск) until 1933 , which means something like "place on the Ob" in the Komi language . By the end of the 18th century the fortress lost its strategic importance, instead winter fairs were held every year in Obdorsk. In addition, the settlement was sometimes used as a place of exile .

1933 was Obdorsk that three years before the main town of the national circuit of the Yamal Nenets was his Nenets name Salekhard means of literally 'settlement at the Cape. " In 1938 Salekhard was officially recognized as a city. At the end of the 1940s, Stalin's instructions began with the construction of a new port in Nowy Port , around 270 km northeast of Salekhard, and with the expansion of the Arctic Circle Railway from Salekhard to Igarka on the Yenisei . After Stalin's death, however, the project was forgotten and Salekhard lost its importance. To this day it is not connected to the more western Vorkuta by the Arctic Railway, as there is no bridge over the Ob to Labytnangi.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	12,764
1959	16,567
1970	21,929
1979	24,935
1989	32,334
2002	36,827
2010	42,544

Note: census data

coat of arms

Description: A red-tongued and red-eyed black fox in silver .

Symbolism: The coat of arms was inserted in the large Russian coat of arms in the right coat of arms from above the three coat of arms in the quartered shield with heart shield of the former northeast provinces in field three representing the region designated with the old name Obdorsk.

flag

On a white cloth a red-tongued and red-eyed black fox.

economy

The industry is rather weakly represented in Salekhard with some food operations (including fish processing). A larger part of the city's economic infrastructure is made up of raw materials and service companies, including the natural gas company Novatek , which is headquartered here, as well as departments of the major companies Uralsvyazinform , Gazprom and Lukoil . The city is the seat of the major Russian airline Yamal Airlines .

Transportation

Salekhard can be reached by ferry in summer and by ice road from Labytnangi in winter, where the completed western section of the Arctic Circle Railway ends. Preparations are being made for the construction of the planned Ob Bridge (combined for rail and car traffic) to Labytnang as part of the continuous commissioning of the Arctic Circle Railway between Obskaja and Nadym .

The city has a river port with connections to Khanty-Mansiysk and Omsk and an airport with the IATA code SLY. A trunk road to Nadym is under construction.

sons and daughters of the town

Vladimir Vedensky (1956-2016), biathlete
Artjom Norin (* 1983), cross-country skier
Anna Frolina (* 1984), biathlete
Ion-Georgi Kostew (* 1990), ice hockey player

Web links

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

Salekhard City Website (Russian)
Salekhard on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

↑ ^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)
↑ Mertvaya doroga (The Dead Road) ( Memento from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
^ Northern Latitudinal Railway agreement signed. DVV Media UK Ltd., Chancery House, St Nicholas Way, Sutton Surrey SM1 1JB England, April 6, 2017, accessed April 6, 2017 .

[einwohner_aktuell-1] 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)

[2] Mertvaya doroga (The Dead Road) ( Memento from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Northern Latitudinal Railway agreement signed. DVV Media UK Ltd., Chancery House, St Nicholas Way, Sutton Surrey SM1 1JB England, April 6, 2017, accessed April 6, 2017 .