Megion

Megion is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located at the altitude of 45 meters above sea level, on the right bank of the Ob River, 380 kilometers east of Khanty-Mansiysk and 760 kilometers northeast of Tyumen. The area of the town is 50.51 square kilometers and the nearest airport is in Nizhnevartovsk. Population: 49,449; 46,566; 39,783.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.