Megion () is a town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia, located at the altitude of above sea level, on the right bank of the Ob River, east of Khanty-Mansiysk and northeast of Tyumen.
Foundation and further town development became possible with the discovery of petroleum on this site. It predetermined the construction of Megion and Nizhnevartovsk which both are now regarded as a major centre of oil producing.
History
It was first mentioned in 1810.
In 1961, the first oil in Western
Siberia was struck there. On September 29, 1964, Megion was granted urban-type settlement status.
On July 23, 1980, it was elevated in status to that of a town.
Now the town is a center of the
petroleum and
natural gas industries.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one urban-type settlement, incorporated as the
town of okrug significance of Megion—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[Law #43-oz] As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Megion is incorporated as
Megion Urban Okrug.
[Law #63-oz]
Gallery
File:Храм Покрова Божией Матери.jpg|Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin
File:Мегион, Аллея славы.jpg|Alley of Honor to heroes of the passed conflicts
File:Стела на въезде в город.jpg|Welcoming sign at the entrance to the town
File:Общий вид города Мегион.jpg|One of the neighbourhoods and Sayma river
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