Kogalym (russian: Когалым;
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, togethe ...
: Коголым, ''Kogolym'') 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,
Russia
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, located on the
Inguyagun River northeast 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
Kogalym was founded in 1975 due to the development of the
oil fields in its vicinity. It was granted town status on 15 August 1985.
[Электронная анталогия "Культурное наследие Югры"]
Когалым. Историческая справка
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
, incorporated as the
town of okrug significance of Kogalym—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 Kogalym is incorporated as Kogalym Urban Okrug.
[Law #63-oz]
Economy
Kogalym's economy is entirely dominated by the
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 unsaturated ...
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 and well as a railway station. The town is served by 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
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''Dfc''). Due to the northern location, the weather freezing in winter and cool in the summer. The temperature in January is typically -30 to -40 C (a low of -62 C was recorded at the Vatyogan oil-field in 2009). The average wind speed is 3.1 metres per second, and the average humidity is 76.5%
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Cities and towns in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in 1975
Socialist planned cities