Salekhard

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Salekhard is a Russian Arctic city located on the Ob River and notable as the only city in the world situated directly on the Arctic Circle.

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Salekhard canonical 13
Salekhard (regional context) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
urban locality
administrativeCenterOf Priuralsky District (de facto)
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
climateClassification Köppen Dfc
subarctic climate
coatOfArmsFeature polar fox
country Russia
distanceToArcticCircle 0 km
distanceToYamalPeninsula near southern end of Yamal Peninsula
economicBase support services for gas and oil industry of Yamal Peninsula
elevationAboveSeaLevel 16 metres
federalDistrict Ural Federal District
federalSubject Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
federalSubjectType autonomous okrug
founded 1595
foundedBy Cossacks
surface form: Russian Cossacks
hasBridgeProject proposed bridge over the Ob River for Northern Latitudinal Railway
hasCulturalGroup Nenets
surface form: Nenets people
hasMinorityLanguage Nenets
hasMuseum Museum of History and Archaeology of the Urals and Siberia (local history museum)
hasPort river port on the Ob River
hasTransport Salekhard Airport
hasUniversityBranch Tyumen State University
surface form: Tyumen State University branch
historicalFunction fortified settlement (ostrog)
is only city in the world located directly on the Arctic Circle
latitudeApprox 66.53° N
locatedIn Tyumen Oblast
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
locatedInRegion Arctic seas of Russia
surface form: Russian Arctic

Western Siberia
locatedOn Arctic Circle
locatedOnRiver Ob River
longitudeApprox 66.60° E
nearbySettlement Aksarka
Labytnangi
notableFor administrative center of a major gas- and oil-producing region
location on the Arctic Circle
officialLanguage Russian
originalName Obdorsk
population approximately 48,000
populationCensusYear 2021
railwayStatus not yet connected to national rail network (as of early 2020s)
renamedInYear 1933
renamedTo Salekhard self-link
timeZone Yekaterinburg Time
utcOffset +5

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Yamal Airlines focusCity Salekhard
Yamal Airlines operatesTo Salekhard
Ob River region hasCity Salekhard
YAMAL headquartersLocation Salekhard
subject surface form: Yamal Airlines
Salekhard Airport serves Salekhard
Salekhard Airport locatedIn Salekhard
Mount Narodnaya nearestMajorCity Salekhard
this entity surface form: Salekhard (regional context)
Salekhard renamedTo Salekhard self-link