Surgut is the largest city of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, however, it is not its administrative center. The population of Surgut in 2015 amounted to 340.9 thousand people. According to this indicator, it is in 39th place in the country. Surgut is a youth city; most of the population is between the ages of 25 and 35. It is an important transportation hub, the energy heart of Siberia, the industrial center and the oil capital of Russia.
Surgut: population in dynamics
The city was built by decree of the son of Ivan the Terrible. It was he who allowed Vladimir Onichkov and Fedor Baryatinsky to take 155 servicemen and establish one of the first settlements in Western Siberia on the banks of the Ob River. The reason for this decision was the demand for expensive furs. Oil will be found here only in the 20th century. At first, the population of Surgut was 155 people: servants and their families, watchmen, executioner, interpreters and clergy. Many of the original residents could not stand the harsh conditions and left. The tsar even had to send 112 more soldiers with their families there, because his hands were sorely lacking.
At the end of the 19th century, the population of Surgut was 1, 100 people. In the first 15 years of the 20th century, it increased 1.6 times. In 1939, the population of Surgut was 2, 300 people. Then begins a period of active growth in the number of inhabitants. In 1979, the population of the city has already exceeded 100 thousand. Three years later, more than 50, 000 people lived in it, and in 1985 - already 217 thousand. Then there was a slight decline, and then the growth slowed down somewhat. In 1990, 258 thousand people lived in the city. At the beginning of the 21st century, the population of Surgut was 274900 people. In 2010, the threshold of 300 thousand was overcome.
Surgut: what population is now
As of 2015, more than 340 thousand people live in the city. The number of women exceeds the number of men. 65.6% of the population are of working age. Younger than 73, 638 people, older than 43597. Considering how many people are in Surgut, one cannot but mention the density. In 2015, it amounted to 962.904 people per square kilometer. In terms of natural growth, the city ranks third.
The latest census of the country took place in 2010. According to its results, about 64.52% are Russian. This is 197876 people. Almost 6% are Ukrainians. Another 5.25% are Tatars. Bashkirs and Azerbaijanis also live in Surgut. Their share in the composition of the population is 1.77% and 1.4%, respectively. Also in Surgut live Chuvash, Lezghins, Belarusians, Moldovans, Armenians, Maris, Germans, Nogais, Uzbeks and Tajiks. The share of each of these ethnic groups separately does not exceed 1% of the total population of the city. 36, 393 people did not indicate their nationality.
Administrative territorial structure
The city is well designed. Conventionally, it can be divided into three zones:
- town;
- Industrial Zone;
- Old Surgut.
The city is divided into five districts:
- Oriental;
- Northern;
- Central;
- Northeastern;
- Industrial.
However, in practice, these names are used extremely rarely. For example, there are areas of power engineers, oil workers and builders. All popular names are formed according to a similar principle.
