Novy Urengoy
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Novy Urengoy ({{langx|ru|Но́вый Уренго́й}}, lit: “New Urengoy”) is the most populous city in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. In 2021, it had a population of 107,251. Novy Urengoy is located around 450km away from Salekhard, the capital of the Autonomous Okrug.
Etymology
The name of the city means New Urengoy. The word Urengoy comes from a combination of Khanty word Ure meaning Old woman and Nenets word Ngo, meaning island.https://nesiditsa.ru/city/novyiy-urengoy Novy Urengoy
History
Urengoy gas Motherland stamp 1981.jpg|A USSR stamp, 1981
Yagelnoe Old Airport (Novy Urengoy).jpg|an Ilyushin Il-14 at Novy Urengoy Airport
1983 CPA 5445.jpg|A USSR stamp, 1983
It was founded in 1975 after the discovery of the Urengoy gas field, one of the largest in Russia.{{Cite web |title=Novy Urengoy & Surgut: Part 5 of the Forgotten Places in Siberia Excursion – IFAIR |url=https://ifair.eu/2017/11/12/novy-urengoy-surgut-part-5-forgotten-places-siberia-excursion/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |language=en-GB}} Town status was granted to it in 1980.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}}
Demographics
Population: {{ru-census|p2010=104,107|p2002=94,456|p1989=93,235|p2021=107,251}}
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of okrug significance of Novy Urengoy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #42-ZAO As a municipal division, the city of okrug significance of Novy Urengoy is incorporated as Novy Urengoy Urban Okrug.Law #102-ZAO
Climate
=Nature=
Drifting River Sede-Yakha (Novy Urengoy).jpg|Sede-Yakha river
Aurora Near Novy Urengoy.jpg|Aurora in Novy Urengoy
North Districts of Novy Urengoy.jpg|Jungle in Novy Urengoy
Novy Urengoy has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are severely cold and long with average temperatures from {{convert|-30|C}} to {{convert|-22|C}} in January, while summers are mild and brief with average temperatures from {{convert|+10|C}} to {{convert|+18|C}} in July. Precipitation is moderate, and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.
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|location=Novy Urengoy
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|Jan high C=-22
|Feb high C=−21
|Mar high C=−13
|Apr high C=-6
|May high C=1
|Jun high C=11
|Jul high C=18
|Aug high C=15
|Sep high C=8
|Oct high C = -3
|Nov high C = -13
|Dec high C = -18
|Jan low C = −30
|Feb low C = −30
|Mar low C = −23
|Apr low C = −17
|May low C = −7
|Jun low C = 4
|Jul low C = 10
|Aug low C = 8
|Sep low C = 2
|Oct low C = -9
|Nov low C = -20
|Dec low C = -26
|Jan precipitation mm = 27
|Feb precipitation mm = 20
|Mar precipitation mm = 24
|Apr precipitation mm = 25
|May precipitation mm = 34
|Jun precipitation mm = 48
|Jul precipitation mm = 57
|Aug precipitation mm = 64
|Sep precipitation mm = 61
|Oct precipitation mm = 45
|Nov precipitation mm = 36
|Dec precipitation mm = 30
|source 1 = World Climate GuideWorld Climate Guide - Novyy Urengoy — [http://www.worldclimateguide.co.uk/climateguides/russiacentralasia/novyyurengoy.php]. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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Economy
A major industry of the city is oil and gas production, with one of the largest gas fields in the world in the area and substantial prospects for further exploration. The government-owned company Gazprom is the main local employer.
Zapolyarnoye Field (Novy Urengoy).jpg|Zapolyarnoye gas field
Уренгойская ГРЭС.jpg|Urengoyskaya GRES a combined cycle power plant
Novy Urengoy gas production department.jpg|Urengoy gas production department
=Transportation=
The city is situated on the Tyumen–Novy Urengoy railway line. Traveling north from Tyumen, Novy Urengoy is the last station of significance. Noyabrsk is the previous station of significance.
Novy Urengoy is along the Salekhard–Igarka Railway, "Dead Road". Extending from Novy Urengoy to Stary Nadym is one section of the "Railway of Death" that serves as an important freight railway.
The city is served by the Novy Urengoy Airport.
Boeing 737-522, S7 - Siberia Airlines AN1140266.jpg|Boeing 737 at Novy Urengoy Airport
Novy Urengoy railway station.jpg|Novy Urengoy railway station
Novy_Urengoy_(Overpass).jpg|Overpass bridge in Novy Urengoy
Sports
Lake (Novy Urengoy).jpg|Snowmobile racing on water
Lake Winter (Novy Urengoy).jpg|Reindeer team during the Festival of the Peoples of the North
Chaumont Volley-Ball 52 vs Fakel Novy Urengoy, Challenge Cup, 12 avril 2017 - 49.jpg|Fakel Novy Urengoy players at CEV Challenge Cup
Skiing (Novy Urengoy).jpg|Skiing Novy Urengoy
Fakel is a men's volleyball team competing in the Russian Volleyball Super League and playing at the Gazodobytchik Sports Center. In the 2008–09 season they finished third in the competition, behind Zenit Kazan and Iskra Odintsovo.
References
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- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|yan|mun|list|novy urengoy}}
External links
- [http://newurengoy.ru/ Official website of Novy Urengoy] {{in lang|ru}}
- Official website of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug: [http://правительство.янао.рф/power/local_government/municipalities/urban_districts/city_of_new_urengoy/ Novy Urengoy] {{in lang|ru}}
- [http://urengoy.pro/ PRO New Urengoy - city portal] {{in lang|ru}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Category:Populated places of Arctic Russia
Category:Populated places established in 1975