'Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug' (, ''Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug'';
Nenets: ), or 'Yamalia', is a
federal subject of
Russia (an
autonomous okrug of
Tyumen Oblast). It is the largest administrative division of Tyumen with an area 750,300 km² but is also the most sparsely populated with only 507,006 inhabitants (
2002 Census). The administrative center 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
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 |
|---|
| 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)
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
★
Salekhard.net
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