Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

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Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug – Yugra), or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject

Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
of Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
(an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
). The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi

Mansi

Mansi are an endangered indigenous people living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, an autonomous okrug within Tyumen Oblast in Russia. In Khantia-Mansia, the Khanty language and Mansi language languages have co-official status with Russian language....
, known collectively as Ob Ugric people. The general territory was known as Yugra

Yugra

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Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug – Yugra), or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject

Federal subjects of Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
(an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast

Mansi

Yugra

Yugra was the name of the lands between the Pechora River and Urals in the Russian annals of the 12th–17th centuries, as well as the name of the Khanty and partly Mansi tribes inhabiting these territories....
. For details of the long history of conflict between the Khanty, Mansi and Russia see the Yugra

Yugra

Khanty language

Khanty or Xanty language, also known as the Ostyak language, is a language of the Khant peoples. It is spoken in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug okrugs, as well as in Aleksandrovsky District, Tomsk Oblast and Kargosoksky District, Tomsk Oblast districts of Tomsk Oblast in Russia....
and Mansi language

Mansi language

The Mansi language is a language of the Mansi. It is spoken in territories of Russia along the Ob River and its tributary, including the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and the Sverdlovsk Oblast....
are co-official in this region along with Russian

Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
.

The majority of the oil

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
produced in Russia comes from Khantia-Mansia, giving the region great economic importance.

The okrug was established on December 4, 1939, as the Autonomous District of the Ostyaks and Voguls . In 1942, it was renamed Autonomous District of the Khanty and Mansis. The administrative centre is Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk is an oil industry types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug....
.

Geography

Principal rivers in this region are Ob

Ob River

Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia, it is the country's fourth longest....
and its tributary

Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
Irtysh.

Time zone

Khantia-Mansia is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone

Yekaterinburg Time

Yekaterinburg Time is the time zone 5 hours ahead of UTC and 2 hours ahead of Moscow Time . Yekaterinburg Summer Time is UTC+6, but remains constant as regards Moscow Time ....
(YEKT/YEKST). UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation....
offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Population: Khantia-Mansia has an area of 523,100 km², but the area is sparsely populated with a total population of 1,432,817 according to the 2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
. The administrative centre is Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk is an oil industry types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug....
, with 53,953 inhabitants, but the largest cities are Surgut

Surgut

Surgut is a types of settlements in Russia in Russia, the largest in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and second largest in Tyumen Oblast. Its population according to the Russian Census was 285,027 ....
(285,027), Nizhnevartovsk

Nizhnevartovsk

Nizhnevartovsk is the second largest types of settlements in Russia in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located along the right bank of the Ob River....
(239,044), and Nefteyugansk

Nefteyugansk

Nefteyugansk is a types of settlements in Russia in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The city is located south of the Ob River, close to the larger city of Surgut....
(107,830).

Ethnic groups: The indigenous population (Khanty, Mansi

Mansi

Nenets

Nenets may refer to:*Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a federal subject of Russia*Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a federal subject of Russia*Nenets people, Samoyedic people...
) is only 2% of the total population. The exploitation of natural gas in Khantia-Mansia has attracted immigrants from all over the former Soviet Union. The 2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
counted twenty-five ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each. The national composition was • Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
66.05% • Ukrainian

Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....
8.60% • Tatar

Tatars

Tatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, refers to a Turkic people ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, and Poland....
7.50% • Bashkir

Bashkirs

The Bashkirs, a Turkic people, live in Russia, mostly in the republic of Bashkortostan. Some Bashkirs also live in the republic of Tatarstan, as well as in Perm Krai and Chelyabinsk Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Samara Oblast, and Saratov Oblasts of Russia....
2.50% • Azeri

Azeris in Russia

Aside from the large Azeri community native to Russia's Dagestan Republic, the majority of Azeris in Russia are fairly recent immigrants. Azeris started settling in Russia around the late 19th century, but their migration became intensive after World War II....
1.75% • Belarusians

Belarusians

Belarusians or Belorussians are an East Slavs ethnic group who populate the majority of the Belarus and form minorities in neighboring Poland , Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine....
1.43% • Khanty 1.20% • Chuvash

Chuvash

Chuvash may refer to:*Chuvash people*Chuvash language*?uvas, AzerbaijanExcess long comment to prevent listing on...
1.07% • Moldovan

Moldovans

Moldovans or Moldavians are the native population of the medieval Principality of Moldavia, which nowadays corresponds to 8 north-eastern counties of Romania , the Republic of Moldova, and small parts of Ukraine ....
0.76% • Mansi

Mansi

Lezgins

The Lezgins are an ethnic group, living predominantly in southern Dagestan and north-eastern Azerbaijan, who speak the Lezgian language.In the 19th century, the term was used more broadly for all ethnic groups speaking Northeast Caucasian languages, including Avars, Laks, and many others....
0.60% • German

Ethnic German

Ethnic Germans , also collectively referred to as the German diaspora, are those who are considered, by themselves or others, to be of Germans origin ethnicity, not necessarily born or living within the present-day Germany, holding its citizenship or speaking the German language....
0.58% • Mari

Mari people

The Mari are a Volga Finns people who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama River rivers in Russia. The majority of Maris today live in the Mari El Republic, with significant populations in the Tatarstan and Bashkortostan republics....
0.51% • Chechen 0.48% • Armenian

Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
0.45%% • Mordovian 0.44% • Tajik

Tajiks

Tajik is a general designation for a wide range of mostly Persian language peoples of Iranian peoples, with traditional homelands in present-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, southern Uzbekistan, north west Pakistan and western China....
0.39% • Uzbek

Uzbeks

The Uzbeks are a Turkic peoples people of Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China....
0.36% • Kazakh

Kazakhs

The Kazakhs are a Turkic peoples of the northern parts of Central Asia ....
0.30% • Udmurt 0.26% • Komi-Permiak

Komi peoples

Komi live in the Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Murmansk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia. Their Northernmost subgroup is also known as the Komi-Izhemtsy or Iz'vataz....
0.19% • Nogai

Nogais

The Nogai people are a Turkic peoples ethnic group in northern Dagestan and neighbouring areas of Chechnya and Stavropol Krai, who speak the Turkic languages Nogai language....
0.17% • Komi

Komi peoples

Kyrgyz

The Kyrgyz are a Turkic peoples ethnic group found primarily in Kyrgyzstan....
0.14% • Dargin 0.14% • Avar

Avars

Avars may refer to:* Eurasian Avars, a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 6th Century AD* Uar * Caucasian Avars, a modern people of the Caucasus...
0.13% • Polish

Poles

The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
0.13% • Bulgarian

Bulgarians

The Bulgarians are a South Slavs people generally associated with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language. Emigration has resulted in Bulgarian minorities or immigrant communities in a number of other countries....
0.12% • Gagauz

Gagauz people

The Gagauz people are Turkic people of southern Moldova , southwestern Ukraine and north-eastern Bulgaria that number around 250,000. Unlike most other Turkic-speaking peoples, the Gagauz have long been predominantly Orthodox Christians....
0.11% • Nenets

Nenets people

The Nenets people are an List of indigenous peoples of 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....
0.09% • Georgian 0.09% • Greek

Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
0.08% • Lak

Lak

Lak may refer to:* Lak people *Lak , from Punjab, Pakistan* Lak language* Lak, Dak Lak, a district in Dak Lak Province in Vietnam* L?k , places in Azerbaijan...
0.07% • Korean 0.06% • Turkish

Turkish people

The Turkish people , also known as "Turks" are defined mainly as citizens of the Republic of Turkey. An early history text provided the definition of being a Turk as "any individual within the Republic of Turkey, whatever his faith who speaks Turkish, grows up with Turkish culture and adopts the Turkish ideal is a Turk." This ideal...
0.06% • Ossetian

Ossetians

The Ossetians are an Iranian peoples ethnic group indigenous peoples to Ossetia, a region that spans the Caucasus Mountains. The Ossetians mostly populate North Ossetia-Alania in Russia, and South Ossetia a large part of which is now de facto independent....
0.06% • Ingush

Ingush

Ingush may refer to:* The Ingush language* The Ingush people, an ethnic group of the North Caucasus...
0.05% • Jewish 0.05% • Komi-Izhem

Komi peoples

Lithuanians

Lithuanians are the Balts ethnic group native to Lithuania, where they number a little over 3 million people. Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Russia, United Kingdom and Ireland....
0.04%, with many other groups of less than five hundred persons each. 0.92% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire. Historical population figures are shown below:

	census 1939	census 1959	census 1970	census 1979	census 1989	census 2002
Khanty	12,238 (13.1%)	11,435 (9.2%)	12,222 (4.5%)	11,219 (2.0%)	11,892 (0.9%)	17,128 (1.2%)
Mansi Mansi Mansi are an endangered indigenous people living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, an autonomous okrug within Tyumen Oblast in Russia. In Khantia-Mansia, the Khanty language and Mansi language languages have co-official status with Russian language....	5,768 (6.2%)	5,644 (4.6%)	6,684 (2.5%)	6,156 (1.1%)	6,562 (0.5%)	9,894 (0.7%)
Nenets Nenets people The Nenets people are an List of indigenous peoples of 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....	852 (0.9%)	815 (0.7%)	940 (0.3%)	1,003 (0.2%)	1,144 (0.1%)	1,290 (0.1%)
Komi Komi peoples Komi live in the Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Murmansk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia. Their Northernmost subgroup is also known as the Komi-Izhemtsy or Iz'vataz....	2,436 (2.6%)	2,803 (2.3%)	3,150 (1.2%)	3,105 (0.5%)	3,000 (0.2%)	3,081 (0.2%)
Russians Russians The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....	67,616 (72.5%)	89,813 (72.5%)	208,500 (76.9%)	423,792 (74.3%)	850,297 (66.3%)	946,590 (66.1%)
Ukrainians Ukrainians Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....	1,111 (1.2%)	4,363 (3.5%)	9,986 (3.7%)	45,484 (8.0%)	148,317 (11.6%)	123,238 (8.6%)
Tatars Tatars Tatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, refers to a Turkic people ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, and Poland....	2,227 (2.4%)	2,938 (2.4%)	14,046 (5.2%)	36,898 (6.5%)	97,689 (7.6%)	107,637 (7.5%)
Others	1,026 (1.1%)	6,115 (4.9%)	15,629 (5.8%)	43,106 (7.6%)	163,495 (12.7%)	223,959 (15.6%)

Vital statistics (2005)

Births: 19,958 (birth rate 13.5)
Deaths: 10,415 (death rate 7.1)

Vital Statistics for 2007: Source

Total fertility rates by federal subjects of Russia

TFR by Federal SubjectsThis is a list of values of total fertility rates by federal subjects of Russia of RussiaThe historical variation in TFR in RF is given in the table below....

Birth Rate: 14.61 per 1000

Death Rate: 7.01 per 1000

Net Immigration: +3.4 per 1000

NGR: +0.76% per Year

PGR: +1.10% per Year

Demographics for 2008 Jan-Sep

For the Okrug.

Raion Raion A raion is a type of administrative unit of some post-Soviet states. The term, which is of French origin, describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is almost always translated as "district".... (2008 Jan-Sep)	Pp (2007)	Births	Deaths	Growth	BR	DR	NGR
Khanty-Mansiysky Okrug	1,488,300	17,438	7,737	9,701	15.62	6.93	0.87%
Khanty-Mansiysk	63,200	1007	398	609	21.24	8.40	1.28%
Beloyarsky	20,000	188	82	106	12.53	5.47	0.71%
Kogalym	58,700	683	177	506	15.51	4.02	1.15%
Langepas	41,200	405	146	259	13.11	4.72	0.84%
Megion	56,900	696	269	427	16.31	6.30	1.00%
Nefteyugansk	114,700	1270	559	711	14.76	6.50	0.83%
Nizhnevartovsk	242,000	2860	1274	1586	15.76	7.02	0.87%
Nyagan	55,600	589	296	293	14.12	7.10	0.70%
Pokachi	16,800	189	44	145	15.00	3.49	1.15%
Pyt-Yakh	41,500	456	168	288	14.65	5.40	0.93%
Raduzhny	47,800	554	155	399	15.45	4.32	1.11%
Surgut	289,800	3605	1514	2091	16.59	6.97	0.96%
Uray	42,400	461	281	180	14.50	8.84	0.57%
Yugorsk	32,000	415	183	232	17.29	7.63	0.97%
Beloyarsky	9,400	96	45	51	13.62	6.38	0.72%
Berezovsky	27,000	315	238	77	15.56	11.75	0.38%
Kondinsky	35,400	418	384	34	15.74	14.46	0.13%
Nefteyugansky	47,100	436	174	262	12.34	4.93	0.74%
Nizhnevartovsky	34,400	359	136	223	13.91	5.27	0.86%
Oktyabrsky	35,200	377	272	105	14.28	10.30	0.40%
Sovetsky	47,100	498	400	98	14.10	11.32	0.28%
Surgutsky	113,000	1360	380	980	16.05	4.48	1.16%
Khanty-Mansiysky	17,100	201	162	39	15.67	12.63	0.30%

Religion

A majority of the population is Orthodox Christian, while a significant minority (about 17%) of the population follows Islam

Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
.

Transport

In the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug primary transport of goods accounted for water and railway transport, 29% is transported by road, and 2% aviation. The total length of railway tracks 1106 km. The length of roads, more than 18000.

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Geography

Time zone

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Demographics for 2008 Jan-Sep

Religion

Transport

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