Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра (Russian) |
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Political status | |||
Country | Russia | ||
Federal district | Urals | ||
Economic region | West Siberian | ||
Established | December 10, 1930 | ||
Administrative center | Khanty-Mansiysk | ||
Government (as of March 2011) | |||
• Governor | Natalya Komarova | ||
• Legislature | Duma | ||
Statistics | |||
Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
• Total | 534,800 km2 (206,500 sq mi) | ||
Area rank | 9th | ||
Population (2010 Census) | |||
• Total | 1,532,243 | ||
• Rank | 29th | ||
• Density | 2.87/km2 (7.4/sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 91.5% | ||
• Rural | 8.5% | ||
Time zone(s) | YEKT (UTC+05:00) | ||
ISO 3166-2 | RU-KHM | ||
License plates | 86 | ||
Official languages | Russian | ||
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Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra or Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra (Russian: Ха́нты-Манси́йский автоно́мный о́круг — Югра́, Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug – Yugra), also Khanty-Mansia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). Population: 1,532,243 (2010 Census).
The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob Ugric people. The local languages, Khanty language and Mansi language, enjoy special status in the autonomous okrug and along with their distant relative Hungarian are part of the Ugric branch of the Finno-Ugric languages. Russian remains the only official language.
In 2012, the majority (51%) of the oil produced in Russia comes from Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, giving the region great economic importance.
The okrug was established on December 10, 1930, as Ostyak–Vogul National Okrug (Остя́ко-Вогу́льский национа́льный о́круг). In October 1940, it was renamed the Khanty-Mansi National Okrug. In 1977, along with other national okrugs of the Russian SFSR, it became an autonomous okrug (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug). The administrative center is Khanty-Mansiysk. In 2003, the word "Yugra" was appended to the official name.