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Nyagan

Field	Value
en_name	Nyagan
ru_name	Нягань
image_skyline	Nyagan mkr2 21.jpg
image_caption	View of Nyagan
coordinates
map_label_position	left
image_coa	Coat of arms of Nyagan.png
federal_subject	Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
federal_subject_ref
adm_city_jur	town of okrug significance of Nyagan
adm_city_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of	town of okrug significance of Nyagan
adm_ctr_of_ref
inhabloc_cat	Town
inhabloc_cat_ref
urban_okrug_jur	Nyagan Urban Okrug
urban_okrug_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of	Nyagan Urban Okrug
mun_admctr_of_ref
pop_2010census	54890
pop_2010census_rank	304th
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	1965
website	http://www.admnyagan.ru/

Nyagan () is a town in the northwest of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located near the Ob River and 230 km northwest of Khanty-Mansiysk. It is named after the Nyagan-Yugan River, a tributary of the Ob River. Population:

Economy and history

Nyagan is one of the youngest towns in Western Siberia. It was established in 1965 as a forestry center; it is now principally a center of the petroleum and natural gas industries, and was originally named Nyakh (Нях). This toponym appeared on maps in the same year, but the town was renamed on August 15, 1985. The town territory is a waterlogged area, and the region is notable for sudden temperature drops. The railway from Yekaterinburg to the Ob region has passed through Nyagan since April 2, 1967. Nyagan Airport, which opened in 1993, handles the Russian Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, and Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft.

Climate

Classified by Köppen-Geiger system as continental sub-arctic climate (Dfc), with warm-to-mild summers and long very cold winters. Precipitation is distributed over the course of the year, but is somewhat more in summer.

Administrative and municipal status

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

Culture

On September 1, 2000 a regional museum opened in Nyagan.

People

People born in Nyagan include:

Irina Gaidamachuk (born 1972), serial killer
Maria Sharapova (born 1987), tennis player
Maxim Shulgin (born 1983), volleyballer

References

Sources

References

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"Climate: Nyagan - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org.
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