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Kogalym

Field	Value
en_name	Kogalym
ru_name	Когалым
image_skyline	Здание администрации города.jpg
image_caption	Kogalym Town Administration building
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map_label_position	bottom
image_coa	Coat_of_Arms_of_Kogalym_(Khanty-Mansia).png
image_flag	Flag_of_Kogalym_(Khanty-Mansyisky_AO).svg
federal_subject	Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
federal_subject_ref
adm_city_jur	town of okrug significance of Kogalym
adm_city_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of	town of okrug significance of Kogalym
adm_ctr_of_ref
inhabloc_cat	Town
inhabloc_cat_ref
urban_okrug_jur	Kogalym Urban Okrug
urban_okrug_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of	Kogalym Urban Okrug
mun_admctr_of_ref
pop_2010census	58181
pop_2010census_rank	285th
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	1975
current_cat_date	15 August 1985
current_cat_date_ref

Kogalym (; ) is a town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Inguyagun River 325 km northeast of Khanty-Mansiysk. Population:

History

Kogalym was founded in 1975 because of the development of oil fields in its vicinity. It was granted town status on 15 August 1985.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality, incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Kogalym—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Kogalym is incorporated as Kogalym Urban Okrug.

Economy

Kogalym's economy is entirely dominated by the oil industry. The headquarters of the main extraction subsidiary of Lukoil (OOO LUKOIL-Zapadnaya Sibir) is located in Kogalym.

Transport

The town is served by the Kogalym International Airport, a railway station, buses, and several taxi companies. There is little congestion, except during peak hours, while small traffic jams occur.

Climate

Kogalym has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Because of the northern location, its winters are frigid, and its summers are cool. The temperature in January is typically −30 to −40 C (a low of −62 C was recorded at the Vatyogan oil field in 2006). The average wind speed is 3.1 metres per second, and the average humidity is 76.5%

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{{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
link. (December 25, 2014 {{in lang). ru
Law #43-oz
Law #63-oz
(February 2020). "Climate Data".

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