Muravlenko (Russian: Муравленко) is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located 480 kilometers (300 mi) southeast of Salekhard.
[6] It was founded as the oil-extracting settlement of Muravlenkovsky (Муравленковский) in 1984.
[citation needed] It was granted town status on August 6, 1990.
[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Muravlenko—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[1] As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Muravlenko is incorporated as Muravlenko Urban Okrug.