Beryozovsky District is one of nine districts (raion

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

s) of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra, Russia

Russia

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, located in the northwestern part of the autonomous okrug

Autonomous okrug

Autonomous okrug is a term for an administrative country subdivision in Russia. The term was also used in the Soviet Union.- See also :* Okrug* Autonomous okrugs of Russia* Autonomous okrugs of the Soviet Union...

, on the left bank of meridional part of the Ob River

Ob River

The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...

 within the limits of North Sosva altitudes and the east slope of the North and Pre-Polar Ural

Ural (region)

Ural is a geographical region located around the Ural Mountains, between the East European and West Siberian plains. It extends approximately from north to south, from the Arctic Ocean to the bend of Ural River near Orsk city. The boundary between Europe and Asia runs along the eastern side of...

. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

) of Beryozovo

Beryozovo

Beryozovo is an urban locality and the administrative center of Beryozovsky District of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River. Population:...

. District's population: Area: 88000 square kilometres (33,977 sq mi).

The district borders the Komi Republic

Komi Republic

The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain...

 in the west and Shuryshkarsky District

Shuryshkarsky District

Shuryshkarsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 7 in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia....

 of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard. Population: -Geography and natural history:...

 in the north.

Climate

The climate of the region is extremely cold, characterized by the way in which weather conditions are able to rapidly change. Average temperatures in January range from -18° to -24°C. Temperatures are below zero for 7 months of the year - from October to April. Snow lies on the ground for 180 to 200 days - again, from October to the start of May. The warmest month is July, when average temperatures are around 16°C to 18°C. Annual precipitation is 400 to 550 millimeters, and the average wind speed is between 5 and 7 meters per second. The region is part of the river basins of the Lesser Ob

Ob River

The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...

 and the Northern Sosva.

Demographics

The population is multinational, with prevalence of Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

, Ukrainian

Ukrainians

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, and Tatar ethnicities. The district is a place of dense habitation of the Mansi people (est. 6,117 people). Indigenous people (Khanty

Khanty people

Khanty / Hanti are an indigenous people calling themselves Khanti, Khande, Kantek , living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as "Yugra" in Russia, together with the Mansi. In the autonomous okrug, the Khanty and Mansi languages are given co-official status with Russian...

, Mansi, and Nenets

Nenets people

The Nenets are an indigenous people in Russia. According to the latest census in 2002, there are 41,302 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug...

) make up approximately 25% of the district's population.