Vuktyl

Vuktyl is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pechora River near its confluence with the, northeast of Syktyvkar, the capital of the republic. Population:

History

It was founded in 1968 and granted town status in 1989. A major oil pipeline runs from Vuktyl to Ukhta to Torzhok.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Vuktyl is, together with four rural-type settlement administrative territories, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Vuktyl—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Vuktyl is incorporated as Vuktyl Municipal District; the town of Vuktyl is incorporated within it as Vuktyl Urban Settlement. The four rural-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.