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| | The Yamalo-Nenetskiy Autonomous Okrug, Northwest Siberia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The YNAO takes its name from "Yamal", which means "the end of the earth" in the language of the Nentsy, an ethnic group indigenous to the region whose name forms the second part of the okrug's title. |
 | | Half of its territory lies beyond the Arctic Circle, winters last for eight months of the year and are frigid beyond belief, and permafrost, to a greater or lesser extent, underlies virtually the entire okrug. |
 | | Geography, creation of the okrug, administration, districts, towns and major settlements, population, industry and transportation. |
| www.geocities.com /benselig/main.html (856 words) |
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