Yamburg (Russian: Ямбург) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Nadymsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia, 148.5 kilometres (92.3 mi) north of the Arctic Circle on the Gulf of Ob.[3]

Yamburg Ямбург
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Location of Yamburg
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Coordinates: 67.904565°N 74.856606°E / 67.904565; 74.856606
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Administrative district	Nadymsky District
Founded	Early 1980s
Government
• Body	/>
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population
• Estimate  (2019)	95
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [1])
Postal code(s)[2]	629740
OKTMO ID	71916701902

The name of the settlement is derived from the Yamburg gas field,[3] which was discovered in 1969.[4] Yamburg was constructed in the early 1980s as the base of operations for the exploration and development of the gas field. Yamburg is a company town, and the vast majority of its 5,000–6,000 inhabitants are employees of Gazprom.[3] The settlement is well served by transport infrastructure, including an airport, as well as river, motor and railway connections to other points in Russia.[4]

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[ru] Ямбург (Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ)