Yamal-Nenets autonomous district
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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ (Russian) |
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Ural | ||
| Economic region | West Siberian | ||
| Established | December 10, 1930 | ||
| Administrative center | Salekhard | ||
| Government (as of April 2015) | |||
| • Governor | Dmitry Kobylkin | ||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
| • Total | 750,300 km2 (289,700 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 6th | ||
| Population (2010 Census) | |||
| • Total | 522,904 | ||
| • Rank | 71st | ||
| • Density | 0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 84.7% | ||
| • Rural | 15.3% | ||
| Population (January 2015 est.) | |||
| • Total | 540,000 | ||
| Time zone(s) | YEKT (UTC+05:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-YAN | ||
| License plates | 89 | ||
| Official languages | Russian | ||
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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг, Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug; Nenets: Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, Jamaly-Nenjocije awtonomnoj ñokruk) is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard, and its largest city is Noyabrsk. Population: 522,904 (2010 Census).
The Nenets people are an indigenous tribe that have long survived in this region. Their prehistoric life involved subsistence hunting and gathering, including the taking of polar bears; the practice of hunting polar bears (Ursus maritimus) continues up to the present time.
Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
The Ob River flows through Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, through the Gulf of Ob to the Kara Sea..
On December 10, 1930, Yamal (Nenets) National Okrug (Ямальский (Ненецкий) национальный округ) was formed based on Ural Oblast.
Population: 522,904 (2010 Census);507,006 (2002 Census);486,164 (1989 Census).
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