Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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

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Coordinates:
Political status
Country Russia
Federal district Urals[1]
Economic region West Siberian[2]
Established December 10, 1930
Administrative center Salekhard
Government (as of March 2011)
 - Governor Dmitry Kobylkin[3]
 - Legislature Legislative Assembly
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[4]
 - Total 750,300 km2 (289,692.4 sq mi)
Area rank 6th
Population (2010 Census)[5]
 - Total 522,798
 - Rank 71st
 - Density 0.7 /km2 (1.8 /sq mi)
 - Urban 84.7%
 - Rural 15.3%
Population (2002 Census)[6]
 - Total 507,006
 - Rank 72nd
 - Density 0.68 /km2 (1.8 /sq mi)
 - Urban 83.4%
 - Rural 16.6%
Time zone(s) YEKST (UTC+06:00)[7]
ISO 3166-2 RU-YAN
License plates 89
Official languages Russian[8]
http://adm.yanao.ru/

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Яма́ло-Нене́цкий автоно́мный о́круг, Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug; Nenets: Ямалы-Ненёцие’’ автономной ӈокрук), is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard. Population: 522,798 (2010 Census preliminary results).[9]

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Geography and natural history

The Nenets people are an indigenous tribe that have long survived in this region. Their prehistoric life involved subsistence hunting and gathering, including the taking of polar bears; the practice of hunting polar bears (Ursus maritimus) continues up to the present time.[10]

Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Demographics

The Nenets make up 5.9% of the population, preceded by ethnic Russians (61.7%), Ukrainians (9.7%), and Tatars (5.6%). Other prominent ethnic groups include Belarusians (1.3%), Khants (1.9%), Azerbaijanis (1.8%), Bashkirs (1.7%), Komi (1%), and Moldovans (0.9%). (All figures are from the 2010 census)[11]

1939 census 1959 census 1970 census 1979 census 1989 census 2002 census 2010 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%) 29,772 (5.9%)
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%) 9,489 (1.9%)
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%) 5,141 (1%)
Selkups 87 (0.2%) 1,245 (2.0%) 1,710 (2.1%) 1,611 (1.0%) 1,530 (0.3%) 1,797 (0.4%) 1,988 (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%) 312,019 (61.7%)
Ukrainians 395 (0.9%) 1,921 (3.1%) 3,026 (3.8%) 15,721 (9.9%) 85,022 (17.2%) 66,080 (13.0%) 48,985 (9.7%)
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%) 28,509 (5.6%)
Others 871 (1.9%) 3,065 (4.9%) 3,574 (4.5%) 9,694 (6.1%) 54,889 (11.1%) 71,664 (14.1%) 74,625 (14.3%)

Vital statistics

Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service
Births Deaths Birth rate Death rate
1970 1,683 879 20.0 10.5
1975 2,307 819 18.2 6.4
1980 3,347 1,178 17.3 6.1
1985 7,838 1,555 21.0 4.2
1990 8,032 1,631 16.4 3.3
1991 7,121 1,623 14.7 3.4
1992 6,123 2,108 13.0 4.5
1993 5,697 2,764 12.2 5.9
1994 6,274 2,998 13.3 6.3
1995 6,337 3,107 13.1 6.4
1996 6,241 3,004 12.8 6.1
1997 6,208 2,715 12.5 5.5
1998 6,395 2,544 12.8 5.1
1999 6,071 2,608 12.2 5.2
2000 5,839 2,763 11.7 5.6
2001 6,388 3,057 12.8 6.1
2002 6,635 2,934 13.1 5.8
2003 7,163 3,093 14.0 6.0
2004 7,264 2,975 14.0 5.7
2005 7,148 3,099 13.6 5.9
2006 7,036 3,000 13.2 5.6
2007 7,700 2,937 14.2 5.4
2008 7,892 2,959 14.5 5.4

For the Okrug. [1]

Raion Pp (2007) Births Deaths Growth BR DR NGR
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 538,600 5,814 2,202 3,612 14.39 5.45 0.89%
Salekhard 40,500 499 256 243 16.43 8.43 0.80%
Gubkinsky 22,300 263 71 192 15.72 4.25 1.15%
Labytnangi 27,700 333 212 121 16.03 10.20 0.58%
Muravlenko 37,000 361 104 257 13.01 3.75 0.93%
Nadym 48,500 443 197 246 12.18 5.42 0.68%
Novy Urengoy 117,000 1122 334 788 12.79 3.81 0.90%
Noyabrsk 109,900 1029 384 645 12.48 4.66 0.78%
Krasnoselkupsky 6,200 99 41 58 21.29 8.82 1.25%
Nadymsky 21,300 221 67 154 13.83 4.19 0.96%
Priuralsky 15,300 179 72 107 15.60 6.27 0.93%
Purovsky 49,900 548 195 353 14.64 5.21 0.94%
Tazovsky 17,200 268 92 176 20.78 7.13 1.36%
Shuryshkarsky 9,900 144 69 75 19.39 9.29 1.01%
Yamalsky 15,900 305 108 197 25.58 9.06 1.65%

Economy

Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug is Russia's most important source of natural gas, with more than 90% of Russia's natural gas being produced there. The region also accounts for 12% of Russia's oil production.[13] The region is of utmost importance to Russia's largest company Gazprom, whose main production fields are located there. Novatek – the country's second largest gas producer – is also active in the region, with its headquarteres located in Tarko-Sale.

History

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

References

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