Wuktyl

city Wuktyl Вуктыл ( Russian ) Вуктыл ( Komi ) coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Komi Rajon Wuktyl Founded 1968 City since 1989 surface 22,480  km² population 12,356 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 0.5 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 82146 Post Code 169570 License Plate 11, 111 OKATO 87 412 Geographical location Coordinates 63 ° 52 '  N , 57 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 52 '0 "  N , 57 ° 19' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Komi Republic

List of cities in Russia

Wuktyl ( komi and Russian Вуктыл , scientific transliteration Vuktyl ) is a city in the northwestern Russian republic of Komi with 12,356 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the foothills of the Northern Urals about 575 km northeast of the republic capital Syktywkar on the right bank of the Pechora , not far from the mouth of the eponymous tributary Wuktyl .

Wuktyl is administratively directly subordinate to the republic. The city has a sparsely populated area of ​​22,480 km².

The city is connected by a road with the city of Sosnogorsk, 230 km away, on the Pechora Railway .

history

Wuktyl was created in 1968 in connection with the development of a natural gas condensate field and received city rights in 1989.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	100
1970	7,814
1979	16,767
1989	19,330
2002	14,472
2010	12,356

Note: census data (1959 rounded)

Culture and sights

To the northeast of the city is the almost two million hectare Jugyd Wa National Park , whose administration is located in Wuktyl. The park, which was founded on April 23, 1994, has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the primeval forests of Komi since 1995 .

The remains of several prehistoric settlements have been discovered along the banks of the Pechora.

There is a local museum in the town of Podcherye .

economy

The main branch of the economy is natural gas production . Here begins the natural gas pipeline Northern Lights ( Severnoye sijanije ) Wuktyl- Ukhta - Torzhok . There is also timber industry and agriculture of local importance in the area.

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

• Unofficial Portal (Russian)
• Wuktyl on mojgorod.ru (Russian)