En Name: | Langepas |
Ru Name: | Лангепас |
Coordinates: | 61.25°N 85°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Langepas.svg |
Federal Subject: | Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug |
Adm City Jur: | town of okrug significance of Langepas |
Adm Ctr Of: | town of okrug significance of Langepas |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Langepas Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Langepas Urban Okrug |
Representative Body: | Duma |
Representative Body Ref: | [1] |
Pop 2010Census: | 41670 |
Established Date: | 1980 |
Current Cat Date: | 1985 |
Postal Codes: | 628671, 628672 |
Website: | http://www.admlangepas.ru/ |
Langepas (Russian: Лангепас; Khanty: Лӑңкипос, Lăŋkipos) is a town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population:
Langepas lies on the Kayukovskaya riverbank, 15km (09miles) north of the right bank of the Ob River, close to the mouth of the Vatinsky Yogan in the Ob. The town is located 545km (339miles) east of Khanty-Mansiysk, and 875km (544miles) northeast of Tyumen.[2]
Langepas means "squirrel land" in the Khanty language. It was established in 1980 and granted town status in 1985.. It was initially built as a settlement for the staff of the Lokosovo gas processing plant.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Langepas—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3] As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Langepas is incorporated as Langepas Urban Okrug.[4]
The economy of the town is based on oil and natural gas extraction as initially it was founded by Lukoil. The oil company was named after the three western American companies, which merged to form Lukoil: Langepasneftegaz, Urayneftegaz, and Kogalymneftegaz.[5]