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Nenets Autonomous District () is a Federal Subject of Russia (an autonomous Okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast ).

It has an area of 176,700 km&2 and a population of 41,546 as of the 2002 census, 18,611 of whom live in Naryan-Mar , the administrative center.

The Nenets Language has official status along with Russian in the district.


GEOGRAPHY


Time zone

Nenetsia is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).


ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS


Selsovets

Nenetsia Autonomous District consists of the following Selsovet s:


DEMOGRAPHICS

''Population'' (2002): 41,546.

''Ethnic groups'':
Of the 41,546 residents (as of the 2002 census) 658 (1.6%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 68 ethnic groups, including 25,942 ethnic Russians (62.5%), 7,754 Nenets (18.7%), 4,510 Komis (10.87%), 1,312 Ukrainians (3.16%) and so on.


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