Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Autonomous okrug in Ural, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг, romanized: Yamalo-Nenetsky avtonomny okrug; Nenets: Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, romanized: Jamaly-Nenjocije awtonomnoj ŋokruk) or Yamalia (Russian: Ямалия) is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard, and its largest city is Novy Urengoy. The 2021 Russian Census recorded its population as 510,490.[11]
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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | |
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Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ | |
Other transcription(s) | |
• Nenets | Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук |
Anthem: "Anthem of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug" [1] | |
Coordinates: 67°15′N 74°40′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal district | Ural[2] |
Economic region | West Siberian[3] |
Capital | Salekhard |
Government | |
• Body | Legislative Assembly[4] |
• Governor[4] | Dmitry Artyukhov[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 769,250 km2 (297,010 sq mi) |
• Rank | 6th |
Population | |
• Total | 510,490 |
• Estimate (2018)[8] | 538,547 |
• Rank | 72nd |
• Density | 0.66/km2 (1.7/sq mi) |
• Urban | 84.7% |
• Rural | 15.3% |
Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [9]) |
ISO 3166 code | RU-YAN |
License plates | 89 |
OKTMO ID | 71900000 |
Official languages | Russian[10] |
Recognised languages | Nenets Selkup Khanty |
Website | https://yanao.ru |
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The autonomous okrug borders Krasnoyarsk Krai to the east, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug to the south, and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Komi Republic to the west.