Langepas (russian: Лангепас;

Khanty The Khanty ( Khanty: ханти, ''hanti''), also known in older literature as Ostyaks (russian: остяки) are a Ugric indigenous people, living in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as "Yugra" in Russia, togeth ...

: Лӑңкипос, ''Lăŋkipos'') is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra (Russian and Mansi: Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра, ''Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug — Yugra;'' Khanty: Хӑнты-Мансийской Aвтономной ...

, Russia. Population:

Geography

Langepas lies on the Kayukovskaya riverbank, north of the right bank of the

Ob River } The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...

, close to the mouth of the

Vatinsky Yogan The Vatinsky Yogan (russian: Ватинский Ёган) is a river in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of . The Vatinsky Yogan flows across the Central Siberian Plateau. Its basin is located in ...

in the Ob. The town is located east of

Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk ( rus, Ха́нты-Манси́йск, Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. ''Khanty-Mansi Town''; Khanty: , ''Jomvoćś''; Mansi: , ''Abga'') is a city and the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia. It st ...

, and northeast of

Tyumen Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura (riv ...

History

Langepas means "squirrel land" in the

Khanty language Khanty (also spelled Khanti or Hanti), previously known as Ostyak (), is a Uralic language spoken by the Khanty people, primarily in the Khanty–Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrugs and the Aleksandrovsky and Kargosoksky districts of ...

. It was established in 1980 and granted town status in 1985.. It was initially built as a settlement for the staff of the Lokosovo gas processing plant.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Langepas—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

.Law #43-oz As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Langepas is incorporated as Langepas Urban Okrug.Law #63-oz

Economy

Economy of the town is based on

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturate ...

and

natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbon ...

extraction as initially it was founded by

Lukoil The PJSC Lukoil Oil Company ( stylized as LUKOIL or ЛУКОЙЛ in Cyrillic script) is a Russian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Moscow, specializing in the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of p ...

. The oil company was named after the three western Siberian companies, which merged to form

: Langepasneftegaz, Urayneftegaz, and Kogalymneftegaz."OAO Lukoil - Company History"

References

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External links

Official website of Langepas

Informational website of Langepas
{{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Cities and towns in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Populated places on the Ob River