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Taymyria () is a Federal Subject of Russia (an autonomous Okrug of Krasnoyarsk Krai ), the northernmost in mainland Russia (and thus Asia). It is named after the Taymyr Peninsula . It is also called '''Dolgan-Nenets Autonomous District''' (Долгано-Ненецкий автономный округ), by the name of the indigenous people, Dolgans and Nenets es. With an area of 862,100 km&2 ( Ranked 4th ) and a population of 39,786 (2002 census), Taymyria is one of the least densely populated areas of Russia. Dudinka , with more than half of Taymyria's inhabitants, is the administrative centre. Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17 2005 , the districts of Taymyria and Evenkia will be merged into the Krasnoyarsk krai on January 1 2007 . Time zone Taymyria is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRAT/KRAST). UTC offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST). Administrative divisions Districts Taymyria Autonomous District consists of the following districts ( Raion s):
Demographics ''Population'' (2002): 39,786. ''Ethnic groups'': Of the 39,786 residents (as of the 2002 census) 1,018 (2.56%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 81 ethnic groups, including 23,318 ethnic Russians (58.6%), 5,517 Dolgans (13.86%), 3.054 Nenets es (7.67%), 2,423 Ukrainians (6.09%), 766 Nganasans (1.92%), 587 Volga Germans (1.47%), 425 Tatars (1.07%), 305 Evenks (0.77%), 294 Belarusians (0.74%), 239 Azerbaijanis (0.6%) and so on. |