Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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| Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (English) Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ (Russian) |
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.svg/200px-Map_of_Russia_-_Yamalo-Nenets_Autonomous_Okrug_(2008-03).svg.png) Location of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia |
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| 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).
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Time zone
Yamalia is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] 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 Tatars (5.4%), Ukrainians (13%) and ethnic Russians (58.8%). Other prominent ethnic groups include Belarusians (8,989 or 1.8%), Khants (1.7%), Azerbaijanis (8,353 or 1.65%), Bashkirs (7,932 or 1.56%), Komi (1.22%), Moldovans (5,400 or 1.06%) and so on. (all figures as per the 2002 census)
| census 1939 | census 1959 | census 1970 | census 1979 | census 1989 | census 2002 | |
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| 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
[edit] History
On December 10, 1930, Yamal (Nenets) National Okrug (Ямальский (Ненецкий) национальный округ) was formed based on Ural Oblast.
[edit] Economy
The area is rich in natural gas; the second largest Russian natural gas company, Novatek, is headquartered in Salekhard.
