Salekhard

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 .

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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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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Salekhard
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Салехард
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Саляʼ харад
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Nenets
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name2: Пуӆңават
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang2: Khanty
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Polar circle monument (08).jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Polar circle monument in Salekhard
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Salekhard (Yamal Nenetsia).svg
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Salekhard (Yamal Nenetsia).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.adm_inhabloc_jur: town of okrug significance of Salekhard
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: town of okrug significance of Salekhard
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Salekhard Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Salekhard Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Саля' хард
Population: 51188
Area: 19
Elevation: 15
Official website: www.salekhard.org
Image: Salekhard District Center of National Cultures (7).jpg
Dialing code: 34922

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Commons category: Salekhard
inception: 1595-01-01
postal code: 629000
native label: Саляʼ харад

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==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.