- Uray
Uray or Urai ( _ru. Ура́й) is a town in
Kondinsky District ofKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug , located on theKonda River some 350 km fromKhanty-Mansiysk . Population: 38,872 (2002 Census); 37,198 (1989 Census). Postal code: 628285. Dialing code: 34676. It is served byUray Airport .Uray was founded as a settlement for
oil field workers. Uray was granted town status in 1965.Economy and industry
Uray is the organizational center of the oil-extracting region. In 1960, the first oil field in Siberia—the Shaimskoye field—opened here). Uray is the starting point of the
Shaim –Tyumen oilpipe line. TPP "Uraуneftegaz" OOO "LUKoil - Zapadnaya Sibir" oil reprocessor plant is located in Uray.Other Uray's industries include food industry and housebuilding.
External links
* [http://www.uray.ru Official website of Uray] ru icon
* [http://www.urai.ru/info/where/ Uray on the map of Russia] ru icon
* [http://www.mojgorod.ru/hmao/uraj/ Uray entry at MojGorod.ru] ru icon
* [http://u-znamya.narod.ru/ "Znamya" (the Banner), the newspaper of the city of Uray] ru icon
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