Tazovsky (rural locality)


Tazovsky is a rural locality and the administrative center of Tazovsky District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Taz River from its fall into the Taz Estuary. Population:
Tazovsky Airport 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 status until January 1, 2013.