Yamburg, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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Yamburg
Ямбург | |
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Location of Yamburg  | |
  Yamburg Location of Yamburg  Yamburg Yamburg (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) | |
| Coordinates: 67°54′16″N 74°51′24″E / 67.904565°N 74.856606°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Administrative district | Nadymsky District |
| Founded | Early 1980s |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2019) | 95 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2  [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 629740 |
| OKTMO ID | 71916701902 |
Yamburg (Russian: Ямбург) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Nadymsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia, 148.5 kilometres (92.3 mi) north of the Arctic Circle on the Gulf of Ob.[3]
The name of the settlement is derived from the Yamburg gas field,[3] which was discovered in 1969.[4] Yamburg was constructed in the early 1980s as the base of operations for the exploration and development of the gas field. Yamburg is a company town, de facto a shift town, and the vast majority of its 5,000–6,000 inhabitants are employees of Gazprom.[3] The settlement is well served by transport infrastructure, including an airport, as well as river, motor and railway connections to other points in Russia.[4]