{{About|a town in Russia|the Nepalese community|Uray (caste group)}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Uray |ru_name=Урай |image_skyline=Урай24.jpg |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|60|08|N|64|48|E|region:RU-KHM_type:city(39,000)|display=inline,title}} |lats= |longs= |map_label_position=right |image_coa = Coat of Arms of Uray.svg |coa_caption= |image_flag = Flag of Uray.svg |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="Ref51" /> |adm_city_jur=town of okrug significance of Uray |adm_city_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref51" /> |adm_ctr_of=town of okrug significance of Uray |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="Ref51" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="Ref51" /> |urban_okrug_jur=Uray Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref52" /> |mun_admctr_of=Uray Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="Ref52" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=39457 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1965 |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=628285 |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes=34676 |dialing_codes_ref= |website=http://www.uray.ru }}
'''Uray''' ({{langx|ru|Ура́й}}; Mansi: Урай) a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, located on the Konda River {{convert|350|km}} from Khanty-Mansiysk. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=39,457|p2002=38,872|p1989=37,198}}
==History== It was founded as a settlement for oil field workers. It was granted town status in 1965.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the '''town of okrug significance of Uray'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="Ref51">Law #43-oz</ref> As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Uray is incorporated as '''Uray Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref52">Law #63-oz</ref>
==Economy== Uray is the organisational centre of the oil-extracting region. In 1960, the first oil field in Siberia—the Shaimskoye field—opened here). Uray is the starting point of the Shaim–Tyumen oilpipe line. TPP ''Uraуneftegaz'' OOO "LUKoil- Zapadnaya Sibir" oil reprocessor plant is located in Uray.
Other Uray industries include food and housebuilding.
===Transportation=== The town is served by the Uray Airport.
==References== === Citations === {{Reflist}}
=== General and cited sources === * {{RussiaAdmMunRef|khm|adm|law}} * {{RussiaAdmMunRef|khm|mun|list}}
==External links== * [http://www.uray.ru Official website of Uray] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323162448/http://www.uray.ru/ |date=2021-03-23 }} {{in lang|ru}} * Mojgorod.ru. [http://www.mojgorod.ru/hmao/uraj/ Entry on Uray] {{in lang|ru}} * [http://u-znamya.narod.ru/ ''Znamya'', Uray's newspaper] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Cities and towns in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug}}
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