Yamburg, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamburg
Ямбург
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Yamburg is located in Russia
Yamburg
Yamburg
Location of Yamburg
Yamburg is located in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamburg
Yamburg
Yamburg (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 67°54′16″N 74°51′24″E / 67.904565°N 74.856606°E / 67.904565; 74.856606
CountryRussia
Federal subjectYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Administrative districtNadymsky District
FoundedEarly 1980s
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2019)
95
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[1])
Postal code(s)[2]
629740
OKTMO ID71916701902

Yamburg (Russian: Ямбург) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Nadymsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia, 148.5 kilometres (92.3 mi) north of the Arctic Circle on the Gulf of Ob.[3]

The name of the settlement is derived from the Yamburg gas field,[3] which was discovered in 1969.[4] Yamburg was constructed in the early 1980s as the base of operations for the exploration and development of the gas field. Yamburg is a company town, and the vast majority of its 5,000–6,000 inhabitants are employees of Gazprom.[3] The settlement is well served by transport infrastructure, including an airport, as well as river, motor and railway connections to other points in Russia.[4]

  1. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b c ""Gazprom dobycha Yamburg" / Production / Yamburg". Gazprom. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  4. ^ a b ""Yamburggasdobycha" Industrial Association". "Yamburggasdobycha" Industrial Association. Retrieved 2009-08-26.