The city of Nefteyugansk is young in every sense: it recently appeared on the map of the country, and mostly young people live in it. However, he has his own story, face and features. Nefteyugansk, whose population on average is 33 years old, is a small city, but it is actively developing and today it maintains economic and social stability. We’ll tell you all about the residents of the city: their number, employment and location in the settlement.
Geographical position
On the island between the Ob channels, the city of Nefteyugansk is located. This is the only city on the river that is fully located on the island. The main waterway of the settlement is the Ob and its duct Yuganskaya Ob. The city is located in the southeastern part of the Khanty-Mansiysk District and is the third largest settlement in the region after Surgut and Nizhnevartovsk. It is 245 km from the capital of the Khanty-Mansiysk region. With other cities, the settlement is connected by river, road and railways.
Nefteyugansk, whose population is accustomed to rather harsh living conditions, is located in the zone of taiga forests, which are inhabited by a wide variety of animals and birds. The landscape of the city and its surroundings is flat, which is comfortable for living and creates beautiful landscapes around the settlement.
Climate and ecology
Nefteyugansk is located in the Far North region, which is characterized by a cold continental climate. There is a long and rather severe winter and a short cool summer. Winter begins in October and lasts about 8 months. The temperature at this time is kept within 2-30 degrees below zero. Summer usually starts in June and ends in August. The warmest month is July, the thermometer can rise to 20-25 degrees Celsius, the average summer temperature is +15.
The environmental situation in the city is not bad. Oil companies are located far from the settlement and do not pollute air and water. Within the city, the atmosphere is poisoned only by cars, which are becoming more and more every year. The situation is worse with the purity of water in the taps of the inhabitants - often it is very dirty. The administration of Nefteyugansk constantly insists on the need for the construction of a treatment plant, but so far it has not existed.
Settlement history
In 1961, the first geologists came to the territory of the modern city, they found the richest oil deposits, and new people came here, the village of geologists began to grow rapidly. In 1967, the village received a new status and the city of Nefteyugansk appeared on the map of the USSR. At this time, the first stone houses are being built here, social infrastructure is being built, roads are being laid. In 1984, traffic opens on the first bridge across the Ob, before that there was only a ferry crossing. Nefteyugansk, whose population is growing steadily, is developing today. It has its own television company, a local newspaper is published.
Population size
From the first day the settlement existed, sociologists have been monitoring the number of inhabitants. Before the discovery of oil fields in 1959, only 600 people lived here. After 10 years, there were already 16 thousand inhabitants. Quite quickly Nefteyugansk, whose population grew rapidly, reaches a figure of 50 thousand people. In 2001, the number of residents increased to 100 thousand people. Throughout the history of the existence of Nefteyugansk almost always shows a positive dynamics in the growth of the number of citizens. Small recessions were observed only in 1986, 1992, 1999, 2003. They were very insignificant. In 2014, the number of citizens decreased by 30 people. In 2016, 125 thousand inhabitants were recorded here.
Population distribution
The area of the city is only 154 square meters. km Due to its small size, it is not necessary to allocate territorial units. Residents give their own names to parts of the city, and officially it is divided into microdistricts. The settlement is quite young, and this is reflected in its architecture, parts of the city differ mainly in the years of construction. The old parts are the usual 5-story buildings, the new ones are high-rise buildings.
Nefteyugansk, microdistricts of which are mainly indicated by numbers, local residents are divided into the center, suburbs and areas with numbers. In the center, unlike many other Russian cities, there is the most unattractive housing, the population density is the lowest. There are many wooden two-story houses of the barracks type, in which no one wants to live. The most attractive and populated parts of the city are microdistricts 14 and 15. Modern houses with large apartments stand here, and basically all young people seek it. The average population density of the city is 800 people per square. km, which is quite a bit for modern settlements.
Employment
In the young city there are almost no problems with employment. The Employment Center (Nefteyugansk) notes that recorded unemployment is less than 1% of the population. The main employer of the Yuganskneftegaz region. About 30% of workers are workers from fields that are located far outside the city. Therefore, in the early morning you can see how the masses of men go to the buses, which deliver them to work. Women with higher education have difficulties with finding employment, although they are expected in the service sector, in cultural and medical institutions.
