Salekhard
Sign in to saveSalekhard ( ; Khanty: , Pułñawat; , , formerly Obdorsk) is a town and the administrative centre of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town lies on the Arctic Circle, with the town centre being about south and suburbs stretching to the north of the circle. The population is .
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Salekhard is a Russian town located on the Arctic Circle that serves as the administrative center for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug region. The town is notable for its extreme northern location, with its center positioned just south of the Arctic Circle and its outer areas extending across it.
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- Салехард
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- Polar circle monument in Salekhard
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- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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Salekhard ( ; Khanty: , Pułñawat; , , formerly Obdorsk) is a town and the administrative centre of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town lies on the Arctic Circle, with the town centre being about south and suburbs stretching to the north of the circle. The population is .
==History== The settlement of Obdorsk () was founded in 1595, in the place of a Khanty settlement called Polnovat-Vozh (), by Russian settlers after the conquest of Siberia. It was situated on the Ob River, and its name supposedly derives from that. The land around Obdorsk was referred to as Obdorsky krai, or Obdoriya.