Pyt-Yakh (russian: Пыть-Ях) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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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, located on the east bank of the
Bolshoy Balyk River, southeast 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 stan ...
. Population:
History
The town was formed by merging the settlements of Mamontovo and Pyt-Yakh in 1990. The name of the town means "place of good people" in the
Khanty language.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the
town of okrug significance of Pyt-Yakh—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
[Law #43-oz] As a
municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Pyt-Yakh is incorporated as Pyt-Yakh Urban Okrug.
[Law #63-oz]
Economy
The town's economy is based on
oil
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and
natural gas
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extraction.
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Cities and towns in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug