Yugorsk (Russian: Югорск) is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the East-West lowland, 420 kilometers (260 mi) from Khanty-Mansiysk.
The Ess River flows 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from the town.
The settlement of Komsomolsky was built in 1962 to support timber and natural gas industries.
[citation needed] The settlement grew as the gas fields of Western Siberia were being explored, and the production association Tyumentransgas (since 2007 GazpromTransgazYugorsk) developed.
The name originates from the name of the land "Yugra", or "Yugoria"—the place where the Khanty and Mansi peoples live.