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Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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Also known as Nenets AO

federal subject of Russia, administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast

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The Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a federal region of Russia that is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast, located in the far north. It is significant as a major area for natural resource extraction, particularly oil and gas, and is home to indigenous Nenets peoples who traditionally practice reindeer herding.

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Official name
Ненецкий округ
Located in
Northern Krai
Continent
Europe
Capital
Naryan-Mar
Official language
Nenets
Population
42224
Area
176700
Head of government
Yury Bezdudny
Official website
adm-nao.ru
Image
Naryan-Mar reindeer.jpg
Licence plate code
83
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language used
Selkup
Commons category
Nenetsia
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Ненецкий автономный округ
native label
Ненэцие автономной округ’
inception
1929-00-00
maintained by
Arkhangelsk Oblast
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Encyclopedic overview

Commemorative coin of the Bank of Russia with a face value of 10 rubles (2010)

The Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг; Nenets: Ненэцие" автономной округ’, romanized: Nyeneciye” awtonomnoy okruk’), also known as Nenetsia (Russian: Нене́ция [nʲɪˈnʲet͡sɨjə]), is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Naryan-Mar. It has an area of 176,700 square kilometers (68,200 sq mi) and a population of 42,090 as of the 2010 Census, making it the least populous federal subject. It is the only federal subject of Russia that is divided into only one district.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nenets Autonomous Okrug” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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