This toponym appeared on maps in the same year, but the town was renamed on August 15, 1985.

The town territory is a waterlogged area, and the region is notable for sudden temperature drops.

The railway from Yekaterinburg to the Ob region has passed through Nyagan since April 2, 1967.

Nyagan Airport, which opened in 1993, handles the Russian Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, and Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft.

Classified by Köppen-Geiger system as continental sub-arctic climate (Dfc), with warm-to-mild summers and long very cold winters.