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Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra
Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра (Russian)
—  Autonomous okrug  —

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Anthem: Anthem of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 62°15′N 70°10′E / 62.250°N 70.167°E / 62.250; 70.167Coordinates: 62°15′N 70°10′E / 62.250°N 70.167°E / 62.250; 70.167
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
Official website

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.


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