Nizhnevartovsk
Nizhnevartovsk
Нижневартовск | |
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Lake Komsomolskoye skyline | |
Location of Nizhnevartovsk | |
| Coordinates: 60°57′N 76°36′E / 60.950°N 76.600°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug |
| Founded | 1909 |
| City status since | March 9, 1972 |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Duma |
| • Mayor | Dmitriy Koshenko |
| Area | |
• Total | 271.319 km2 (104.757 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 251,694 |
| • Rank | 73rd in 2010 |
| • Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk |
| • Capital of | Nizhnevartovsky District, city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk |
| • Urban okrug | Nizhnevartovsk Urban District |
| • Capital of | Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug, Nizhnevartovsky Municipal District |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 628600-628624 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3466 |
| OKTMO ID | 71875000001 |
| City Day | March 9 |
| Website | www |
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Nizhnevartovsk (Russian: Нижневартовск, IPA: [nʲɪʐnʲɪˈvartəfsk]) is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia. Since the 1960s, the Western Siberian oil boom has led to Nizhnevartovsk's rapid growth from a small settlement to a city due to its location beside the Samotlor oil field along the right bank of the Ob River, 30 kilometers (19 mi) from the border with Tomsk Oblast, and the presence of the petroleum industry has made it one of the wealthiest cities in Russia.
Nizhnevartovsk is one of the few cities in Russia that exceeds the population of the administrative center of its federal subject. Population: 283,256 (2021 Census); 251,694 (2010 Census); 239,044 (2002 Census); 241,457 (1989 Soviet census).
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1959 | 2,300 | — |
| 1970 | 15,663 | +581.0% |
| 1979 | 108,740 | +594.2% |
| 1989 | 241,457 | +122.0% |
| 2002 | 239,044 | −1.0% |
| 2010 | 251,694 | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 283,256 | +12.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||