Tarko-Sale is a town and the administrative center of Purovsky District

Purovsky District

Purovsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 7 in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia....

 of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard. Population: -Geography and natural history:...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the Pyakupur River

Pyakupur River

Pyakupur River is a river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the left tributary of the Pur River. The length of the Pyakupur River is 542 km. The area of its basin is 31,400 km². There are approximately 32,600 lakes in the river basin. The main tributaries: Vyngapur and Purpe . Floods...

 near its confluence

Confluence

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...

 with the Ayvasedapur, 560 kilometres (348 mi) southeast of Salekhard

Salekhard

-International relations:-Twin towns/sister cities:Salekhard is twinned with:*Azov, Rostov Oblast, Russia-External links:*...

. Population:

It was founded in 1932, granted urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

 status in 1976, and town status on March 23, 2004.

There is a museum of local lore in the town. Russia's largest independent gas producer, Novatek

Novatek

OAO Novatek is the Russia's largest independent natural gas producer, and second-largest in overall production after Gazprom. The company was originally known as OAO FIK Novafininvest...

, is headquartered in Tarko-Sale.