Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Яма́ло-Нене́цкий автоно́мный о́круг, Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug; Nenets: Ямалы-Ненёцие’’ автономной окрук), or Yamalia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is the largest administrative division of Tyumen with an area 750,300 km2 (289,692 sq mi). It is also the most sparsely populated with only 507,006 (2002 Census) inhabitants. The administrative center of the autonomous okrug is Salekhard, and the two largest towns by population are Noyabrsk (pop. 96,440) and Novy Urengoy (pop. 94,456).
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