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| | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | 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. |
 | | Ethnic groups: As oil workers from across Russia far outnumber indigenous people in the region it should come as no surprise that the Nenets, at 26,435, only make up 5.2% of the population, preceded by Tatars at 27,734 (5.4%), Ukrainians at 66,080 (13%) and ethnic Russians at 298,359 (58.8%). |
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