History
It was established in 1890. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1952 and town status in 1975.
Labytnangi is connected to the European Russia by a branch of the Konosha-Vorkuta railway. It is presently the last station on this short stub branch; however, it was originally built in the early 1950s by Gulag inmates as the first stage of an ambitious project that would see the railway cross the north of Tyumen Oblast and reach Igarka on the Yenisei River. The project was abandoned after Stalin's death.
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