Uray (russian: Ура́й;
Mansi: Урай) 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 o ...
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 ...
, located on the
Konda River
The Konda (russian: Конда) is a river in the Khanty–Mansia district of Russia. The town of Uray and the ''Shaimskoye'' oil field are along the Konda. from
Khanty-Mansiysk. Population:
History
It was founded as a settlement for
oil field
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presen ...
workers. It was granted town status in 1965.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the
town of okrug significance of Uray—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 Uray is incorporated as Uray Urban Okrug.
[Law #63-oz]
Economy
Uray is the organisational centre of the oil-extracting region. In 1960, the first oil field in Siberia—the Shaimskoye field—opened here). Uray is the starting point of the
Shaim–
Tyumen
Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura River. Fueled by the Russian oil and gas in ...
oilpipe line. TPP ''Uraуneftegaz'' OOO "
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 petrol ...
- Zapadnaya Sibir" oil reprocessor plant is located in Uray.
Other Uray industries include food and housebuilding.
Transportation
The town is served by the
Uray Airport
Uray Airport is an airport in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 4 km southeast of Uray
Uray (russian: Ура́й; Mansi: Урай) a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, located on the Konda River from Khanty-Mansiysk. ...
.
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Official website of Uray
*Mojgorod.ru
Entry on Uray''Znamya'', Uray's newspaper
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Cities and towns in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
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