Vuktyl
Вуктыл | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Komi | Вуктыл |
Coordinates: 63°42′N 57°19′E / 63.700°N 57.317°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Komi Republic[1] |
Founded | 1968[2] |
Town status since | 1989[2] |
Population | |
• Total | 12,356 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 10,017 (−18.9%) |
• Subordinated to | town of republic significance of Vuktyl[1] |
• Capital of | town of republic significance of Vuktyl[1] |
• Municipal district | Vuktyl Municipal District[5] |
• Urban settlement | Vuktyl Urban Settlement[5] |
• Capital of | Vuktyl Municipal District,[5] Vuktyl Urban Settlement[5] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
Postal code(s)[7] | 169570 |
OKTMO ID | 87712000001 |
Website | www |
Vuktyl (Russian: Вукты́л, Komi: Вуктыл) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pechora River near its confluence with the Vuktyl River , 575 kilometers (357 mi) northeast of Syktyvkar, the capital of the republic. Population: 12,356 (2010 Russian census);[3] 14,472 (2002 Census);[8] 19,330 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
It was founded in 1968 and granted town status in 1989.[2] A major oil pipeline runs from Vuktyl to Ukhta to Torzhok.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Vuktyl is, together with four rural-type settlement administrative territories (comprising ten rural localities), incorporated as the town of republic significance of Vuktyl—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Vuktyl is incorporated as Vuktyl Municipal District; the town of Vuktyl is incorporated within it as Vuktyl Urban Settlement.[5] The four rural-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.[5]
The town is served by the Vuktyl Airport.