En Name: | Nizhnevartovsky District |
Ru Name: | Нижневартовский район |
Image View: | Khantia-Mansia1.JPG |
Coordinates: | 60.95°N 109°W |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Nizhnevartovsky_rayon_(Khanty-Mansyisky_AO).png |
Federal Subject: | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug |
Adm Data As Of: | November 2012 |
Adm Ctr Type: | city |
Adm Ctr Name: | Nizhnevartovsk |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 2 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 16 |
Mun Data As Of: | June 2012 |
Mun Formation1: | Nizhnevartovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 2 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 6 |
Area Km2: | 118500 |
Pop 2010Census: | 35745 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 77.6% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 22.4% |
Website: | http://www.nvraion.ru/ |
Date: | March 2013 |
Nizhnevartovsky District (Russian: Нижнева́ртовский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the nine in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The area of the district is 118500km2. Its administrative center is the city of Nizhnevartovsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 35,745 (2010 Census);
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nizhnevartovsky District is one of the nine in the autonomous okrug. The city of Nizhnevartovsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of okrug significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nizhnevartovsky Municipal District. The city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk is incorporated separately from the district as Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug.
Lake Tormemtor is located in the district. The Ob and its tributary Vatinsky Yogan, as well as the Irtysh, are the main rivers.[3]