Nefteyugansky District (russian: Нефтеюга́нский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #43-oz] and municipal
[Law #63-oz] district (
raion
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), one of the
nine
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9 or nine may also refer to:
Dates
* AD 9, the ninth year of the AD era
* 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era
* 9, numerical symbol for the month of September
Places
* Nine, Portugal, a parish in the ...
in
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
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. It is located in the south of the
autonomous okrug
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. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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is the
city
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of
Nefteyugansk
Nefteyugansk (russian: Нефтеюга́нск) is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located south of the Ob River, close to the larger city of Surgut. Population:
History
It was founded on October 16, 1967, after an oil fie ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 44,815 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Nefteyugansky District is one of the
nine
9 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
9 or nine may also refer to:
Dates
* AD 9, the ninth year of the AD era
* 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era
* 9, numerical symbol for the month of September
Places
* Nine, Portugal, a parish in the ...
in the autonomous okrug.
The city of
Nefteyugansk
Nefteyugansk (russian: Нефтеюга́нск) is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located south of the Ob River, close to the larger city of Surgut. Population:
History
It was founded on October 16, 1967, after an oil fie ...
serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
city of okrug significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nefteyugansky Municipal District.
The city of okrug significance of Nefteyugansk is incorporated separately from the district as Nefteyugansk Urban Okrug.
References
Notes
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Districts of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
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