Yar-Sale
Yar-Sale () is a rural locality (a selo) in Russia located east of Salekhard near the Gulf of Ob in the northern part of Western Siberia. It is the administrative center of Yamalsky District, one of seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast.
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Place details
- Locality
- Яр-Сале
- Region
- Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 4,885
- Timezone
- Asia/Yekaterinburg
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- Demographics
- Economy and infrastructure
- Transportation
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As of the 2010 Census, Yar-Sale had 6,486 inhabitants including 3,115 men (48.0%) and 3,371 women (52.0%), accounting for 39.8% of Yamalsky District's total population of 16,310. The village had grown from the previous 2002 Census, which recorded 4,872 inhabitants including 2,291 men (47.0%) and 2,581 women (53.0%).
==Economy and infrastructure== In recent decades, Yar-Sale grew in connection with the development of natural gas fields in the region. The village also sustains a local trade in processing reindeer, with products sold locally and exported to Germany. There is a museum of local lore in the village.
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