Nyagan

Nyagan () is a toun in the northwast o Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Roushie, situatit near the Ob River an  northwast o Khanty-Mansiysk. It is namit efter the Nyagan-Yugan River, a tributary o the Ob River. Population: 

Economy an history
Nyagan is ane o the youngest touns in Wastren Siberie. It wis established in 1965 as a forestry center; it is nou principally a centre o the petroleum an natural gas industries, an wis oreeginally namit Nyakh (). This toponym appeared on maps in the same year, but the toun wis renamit on 15 August 1985. The toun territory is a watterloggit aurie, an the region is notable for suddent temperatur drops. The railwey frae Yekaterinburg tae the Ob region haes passed tho Nyagan syne 2 Aprile 1967. Nyagan Airport, which opened in 1993, handles the Roushie Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, an Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft.

Admeenistrative an municipal status
Admeenistratively, it is incorporatit as the toun o okrug significance o Nyagan—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts.Law #43-oz Municipally, the toun o okrug significance o Nyagan is incorporatit as Nyagan Urban Okrug.Law #63-oz

Cultur
On 1 September 2000 a regional museum opened in Nyagan.

Notable fowk
Birthplace o Maria Sharapova (born 19 Aprile 1987), tennis player

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Freemit airins
Offeecial wabsteid o Nyagan 

Category:Ceeties an touns in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Category:Ceeties an touns biggit in the Soviet Union
Category:Populatit places established in 1965