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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Яма́ло-Нене́цкий автоно́мный о́круг, Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug; Nenets: Ямалы-Ненёцие’’ автономной ӈокрук), or Yamalia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is the largest administrative division of Tyumen with an area 750,300 km². It is also the most sparsely populated with only 507,006 (2002 Census)[1] inhabitants. The administrative center of the autonomous okrug is Salekhard, and the two largest towns by population are Noyabrsk (pop. 96,440) and Novy Urengoy (pop. 94,456).
GeographyTime zoneYamalia is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST). Administrative divisionsDemographicsPopulation (2002): 507,006. Ethnic groups: As oil workers from across Russia far outnumber indigenous people in the region it should come as no surprise that the Nenets only make up 5.2% of the population, preceded by ethnic Russians (58.8%), Ukrainians (13%), and Tatars (5.4%). Other prominent ethnic groups include Belarusians (1.8%), Khants (1.7%), Azerbaijanis (1.65%), Bashkirs (1.56%), Komi (1.22%), and Moldovans (1.06%). (All figures are from the 2002 census)
Vital statistics (2005)
Vital Statistics for 2007: Source Birth Rate: 14.09 per 1000 Death Rate: 5.39 per 1000 Net Immigration: -1.2 per 1000 NGR: +0.87% per Year PGR: +0.75% per Year HistoryOn December 10, 1930, Yamal (Nenets) National Okrug (Ямальский (Ненецкий) национальный округ) was formed based on Ural Oblast. EconomyThe area is rich in natural gas; the second largest Russian natural gas company, Novatek, is headquartered in Salekhard. External links |
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