En Name: | Vuktyl |
Ru Name: | Вуктыл |
Loc Name1: | Вуктыл |
Loc Lang1: | Komi |
Coordinates: | 63.7°N 76°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Vuktyl.png |
Federal Subject: | Komi Republic |
Adm City Jur: | town of republic significance of Vuktyl |
Adm Ctr Of: | town of republic significance of Vuktyl |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Vuktyl Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Vuktyl Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Vuktyl Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Vuktyl Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 12356 |
Established Date: | 1968 |
Current Cat Date: | 1989 |
Postal Codes: | 169570 |
Website: | http://www.vuktyl.com |
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, 575km (357miles) northeast of Syktyvkar, the capital of the republic. Population:
It was founded in 1968 and granted town status in 1989.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] The four rural-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.
The town is served by the Vuktyl Airport.