Yamalo-Nenets

Yamalo-Nenets

      autonomous okrug (district), in western Siberia, north-central Russia. It was established in 1930 as an autonomous okrug for the Nenets, or Samoyed, people, although by the late 20th century they constituted only about one-tenth of the population. The okrug covers the northern part of the West Siberian Plain. Apart from the narrow chain of the northern Urals in the west, it is a huge, level plain, covered by extensive swamps and barren tundra; in the south is stunted forest. The climate is extremely severe. Reindeer herding and fishing were the only occupations until the early 1970s, when exploitation of natural-gas (natural gas) deposits began. The natural-gas fields in the okrug are some of the world's largest. Among the many deposits, the Urengoy and Medveshye fields are large producers. Salekhard is the administrative centre. Area 289,700 square miles (750,300 square km). Pop. (2002) 507,006.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Yamalo-Nenets — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Ямало Ненецкий автономный округ Distrito autónomo de Rusia …   Wikipedia Español

  • Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Infobox Russian federal subject EnglishName=Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug RussianName=Ямало Ненецкий автономный округ Locator LocatorMap CoatOfArmsLink=Coat of arms of Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug FlagLink=Flag of Yamalo Nenets Autonomous… …   Wikipedia

  • Yamalo-Nenets — (Jamalo Neneckij Nacional´nyj Okrug) ► Circunscripción Nacional de Rusia, en Siberia Occidental, en la prov. de Tjumen´; 750 300 km2 y 487 000 h. Cap., Salehard …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Nakhodka, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — For other uses of Nakhodka , see Nakhodka (disambiguation). Coordinates: 67°43′14″N 77°39′42″E / 67.72056°N 77.66167°E …   Wikipedia

  • Flag of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — The flag of Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug ( ru. Ямало Ненецкий автономный округ, Yamalo Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug ; Nenets: unicode|Ямалы Ненёцие’’ автономной ӈокрук) in the Russian Federation is a blue field charged with a Tyumen crown ornament… …   Wikipedia

  • Nenets people — Nenets Nenets family in their tent. Total population 42,000 Regions with significant populations Russia Languages …   Wikipedia

  • Nenets (etnia) — Nenets (Saamod) Ненцы Familia nenets en su chum. Población total 41.302 (Censo de 2002) Idioma nenezo y ruso …   Wikipedia Español

  • Nenets languages — Nenets Ethnicity: Nenets people Geographic distribution: Russia: Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast[citation needed …   Wikipedia

  • Nenets — may refer to: Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a federal subject of Russia Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a federal subject of Russia Nenets people, a Samoyedic people Nenets languages, a small language family of two closely related Samoyedic languages… …   Wikipedia

  • Nenets language — language name=Nenets nativename=ненэця вада states=Russia region=Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast speakers=31,311 familycolor=Uralic fam2=Samoyedic fam3=Northern… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”