Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (English)
Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ (Russian)

Location of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Coat of Arms Flag

Coat of arms of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Flag of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Anthem: none
Administrative center Salekhard
Established December 10, 1930
Political status
Federal district
Economic region
Autonomous okrug
Urals
West Siberian
Code 89
Area
Area
- Rank within Russia
750,300 km²
6th
Population (as of the 2002 Census)
Population
- Rank within Russia
- Density
- Urban
- Rural
507,006 inhabitants
72nd
0.7 inhab. / km²
83.4%
16.6%
Official language Russian
Government
Governor Yury Neyolov
Vice-Governor Viktor Kazarin
Legislative body State Duma
Charter Charter of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Official website
http://adm.yanao.ru/89/

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).

Contents

Geography

Time zone

Yamalia is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Population (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)

1939 census 1959 census 1970 census 1979 census 1989 census 2002 census
Nenets 13,454 (29.3%) 13,977 (22.4%) 17,538 (21.9%) 17,404 (11.0%) 20,917 (4.2%) 26,435 (5.2%)
Khants 5,367 (11.7%) 5,519 (8.9%) 6,513 (8.1%) 6,466 (4.1%) 7,247 (1.5%) 8,760 (1.7%)
Komi 4,722 (10.3%) 4,866 (7.8%) 5,445 (6.8%) 5,642 (3.6%) 6,000 (1.2%) 6,177 (1.2%)
Selkups 87 (0.2%) 1,245 (2.0%) 1,710 (2.1%) 1,611 (1.0%) 1,530 (0.3%) 1,797 (0.4%)
Russians 19,308 (42.1%) 27,789 (44.6%) 37,518 (46.9%) 93,750 (59.0%) 292,808 (59.2%) 298,359 (58.8%)
Ukrainians 395 (0.9%) 1,921 (3.1%) 3,026 (3.8%) 15,721 (9.9%) 85,022 (17.2%) 66,080 (13.0%)
Tatars 1,636 (3.6%) 3,952 (6.3%) 4,653 (5.8%) 8,556 (5.4%) 26,431 (5.3%) 27,734 (5.5%)
Others 871 (1.9%) 3,065 (4.9%) 3,574 (4.5%) 9,694 (6.1%) 54,889 (11.1%) 71,664 (14.1%)

Vital statistics (2005)

  • Births: 7,148 (birth rate 13.6)
  • Deaths: 3,099 (death rate 5.9)

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

History

On December 10, 1930, Yamal (Nenets) National Okrug (Ямальский (Ненецкий) национальный округ) was formed based on Ural Oblast.

Economy

The area is rich in natural gas; the second largest Russian natural gas company, Novatek, is headquartered in Salekhard.

External links

  • muji.ru (Russian)
  • [1] Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Tourism

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