Kharp

Kharp (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in the Priuralsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, on the bank of the Sob River near the Polar Urals. Population:

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Russian urban type settlement.en_name: Kharp
Russian urban type settlement.ru_name: Харп
Russian urban type settlement.image_skyline: Kharp panorama.jpg
Russian urban type settlement.image_caption: Kharp, January 2008
Russian urban type settlement.map_label_position: right
Russian urban type settlement.federal_subject: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Russian urban type settlement.adm_city_jur: Priuralsky District
Russian urban type settlement.inhabloc_cat: Urban-type settlement
Russian urban type settlement.pop_2010census: 6413

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Population: 4993
Area: 9.3
Official website: www.kharp.net
Image: Kharp panorama.jpg
Dialing code: 34993

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postal code: 629420
Commons category: Kharp
time of earliest written record: 1961-00-00

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Kharp (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in the Priuralsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, on the bank of the Sob River near the Polar Urals. Population:

==Geography and features== The nearest major settlement is Salekhard, roughly 45 kilometres (28 miles) away. Kharp is the location of prison/penal colonies IK-18 Polar Owl and IK-3 Polar Wolf, two of Russia’s northernmost prisons.