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Khanty-Mansi autonomous district (), or '''Khantia-Mansia''', is a Federal Subject of Russia (an autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast ). The people native of the region are the Khanty and the Mansi , known collectively as Ob Ugric people, whose languages are the closest relatives to Hungarian . The general territory was known as Yugra (Югра). Khantia-Mansia has an area of 523,100 km&2, but the area is sparsely populated with a total population of 1,432,817 as of the 2002 census. The capital city is Khanty-Mansiysk , with 53,953 inhabitants, but the largest cities of the region are Surgut (285,027), Nizhnevartovsk (239,044), and Nefteyugansk (107,830). The local languages, Khanty Language and Mansi Language are co-official in this region along with Russian . The majority of the Oil produced in Russia comes from Khantia-Mansia, giving the region great economic importance. The district was established on December 4, 1939 , as the Autonomous district of the Ostyaks and Voguls (Остя́ко-Вогу́льский автоно́мный о́круг). In 1942 , it was renamed the Autonomous district of the Khants and Mansis. Geography Principal rivers in this region are Ob and its tributary Irtysh . Time zone Khantia-Mansia is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST). Administrative divisions Districts Khantia-Mansia Autonomous District consists of the following districts ( Raion s):
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