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Megion
Sign in to saveMegion () is a town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia, located at the altitude of above sea level, on the right bank of the Ob River, east of Khanty-Mansiysk and northeast of Tyumen. The area of the town is and the nearest airport is in Nizhnevartovsk ( away). Population: 46,566 (2002 Census);
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Megion
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Мегион
- Russian inhabited locality.mapframe
- yes
- Russian inhabited locality.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- top
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Megion.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Megion.svg
- Russian inhabited locality.holiday
- July 23
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- town of okrug significance
- Russian inhabited locality.leader_title
- Head
- Russian inhabited locality.leader_name
- Petrichenko Aleksey
- Russian inhabited locality.representative_body
- Duma
- Russian inhabited locality.area_km2
- 50.51
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 49449
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1910
- Russian inhabited locality.established_title
- First mentioned
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Megion () is a town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia, located at the altitude of above sea level, on the right bank of the Ob River, east of Khanty-Mansiysk and northeast of Tyumen. The area of the town is and the nearest airport is in Nizhnevartovsk ( away). Population: 46,566 (2002 Census);
Foundation and subsequent town development became possible with the discovery of oil in the Middle Ob Region. It was the Megion oil workers who drilled the first well in the Samotlor field, the largest oil field in the country, and initiated its industrial development. This laid the groundwork for the construction of Megion and Nizhnevartovsk, which together constitute one of the most significant centers of the Russian oil industry today.