Tazovsky (russian: Та́зовский, Nenets: Хальмер” седа, ''Hal’merꜧ seda'') is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a settlement) and the

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Tazovsky District Tazovsky District (russian: Та́зовский райо́н; Nenets: Тасу’ Яваʼʼ, ''Tasuꜧ Javaꜧ'') is an administrativeLaw #42-ZAO and municipalLaw #43-ZAO district ( raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of ...

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO; russian: Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг (ЯНАО), ; yrk, Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ) or Yamalia (russian: Ямалия) is a fe ...

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, located on the

Taz River The Taz (russian: Таз) is a river located in western Siberia, has a length of and drains a basin estimated at . Its middle and lower course are located within Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, while its upper course borders with Krasnoyarsk Kra ...

from its fall into the

Taz Estuary The Taz Estuary (russian: Тазовская губа) is a long gulf formed by the Taz River. It consists of a roughly long estuary that begins in the area of the settlement of Tazovsky and ends in the Gulf of Ob, which is connected with th ...

. Population: Flag of Tazovsky (Yamal Nenetsia)

Coat of Arms of tazovsky pos (Yamal Nenetsia)

Tazovsky Airport Tazovsky (masculine), Tazovskaya (feminine), or Tazovskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Tazovsky District, a district of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia *Tazovsky (rural locality), a rural locality (a settlement) in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, ...

(ICAO airport code: ''USDT'') is located next to Tazovsky.

History

Until 1949, it was known as Khalmer-Sede ()—a Nenets name literally meaning ''the hill of the dead'', due to an old Nenets cemetery at this location. It had

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status until January 1, 2013.

Climate

References

Rural localities in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Road-inaccessible communities of Russia {{YamaloNenetsAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub