Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Infobox Russian federal subject
EnglishName=Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
RussianName=Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ
Locator

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CoatOfArmsLink=Coat of arms of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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FlagLink=Flag of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
AnthemLink="none"
AdmCtrOrCapital=Administrative center
AdmCtrName=Salekhard
FoundationDate=December 10, 1930
PoliticalStatus=Autonomous okrug
PoliticalStatusLink=Autonomous okrugs of Russia
FederalDistrict=Urals
EconomicRegion=West Siberian
CodeNumber=89
Area=750300
AreaRank=6th
Population=507006
PopulationRank=72nd
UrbanPopulation=83.4%
RuralPopulation=16.6%
LangLangs
LangList=Russian
HeadTitle=Governor
HeadName=Yury Neyolov
PrimeTitle=Vice-Governor
PrimeName=Viktor Kazarin
Legislature=State Duma
ConstitutionType=Charter
ConstitutionName=Charter of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Website=http://adm.yanao.ru/89/

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ( _ru. Яма́ло-Нене́цкий автоно́мный о́круг, "Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug"; Nenets: unicode|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 ru-census2002|507006 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).

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)

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 ( _ru. 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

* [http://www.muji.ru/ muji.ru] ru icon