Wuktyl

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city
Wuktyl
Вуктыл ( Russian )
Вуктыл ( Komi )
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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
Wuktyl (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Wuktyl (Komi Republic)
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Location in the Komi Republic
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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)

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