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The capital city of Khanty-Mansi okrug: Khanty-Mansiysk.
Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug - Yugra (historical name of the region is Yugra) is a part of Ural federal district of Russian Federation with the administrative center located in Khanty-Mansiysk city.
Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug population is about 1,539,000 (2010) on the territory of 534,800 sq. km.
Khanty-Mansi region was formed on December 10th, 1930, as Ostyako-Vogul national okrug with the center in the settlement Samarovo. In December 1930 the construction of a new okrug center began 5 km away from the settlement. In February 1932 it was named Ostyako-Vogulsk.
On January 17th, 1934, the okrug became a part of Ob-Irtysh oblast. On December 7th, 1934, it became a part of Omsk oblast. On October 23rd, 1940, Ostyko-Vogul national okrug was renamed Khanty-Mansi and the settlement Ostyko-Vogulsk was renamed Khanty-Mansiysk. On August 14th, 1944, it became a part of Tyumen oblast. On January 27th, 1950, the settlement of Khanty-Mansiysk became a city.
On July 25th, 2003, Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug was renamed Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug - Yugra.
Khanty-Mansi region view
Khanty-Mansy region view
Yugra region nature view
Khanty-Mansi okrug is located in the middle of Russia and occupies the central part of West-Siberian plain. The climate is of sharp continental type and is characterized by rapid change of weather especially in autumn and spring. Some factors influence the climate formation such as: from the west the territory is protected by the Urals, from the north it’s open to cold arctic air. Besides on the plain territory there are a lot of rivers, lakes and marshlands. Main rivers of the region are the Ob and Irtysh.
Main deposits of natural resources are oil and natural gas. The largest oil- and gas-fields are Samotlorskoye, Fedorovskoye, Mamontovskoye, Priobskoye. Gold is mined in the okrug. Coal-fields are found as well as deposits of iron-ore, copper, zink, lead and others.
Khanty-Mansi region scenery
Khanty-Mansy region scenery
Yugra region scenery
The economics of Khanty-Mansi region is specified by the richest oil- and gas-fields. In industrial output oil- and gas-processing industry makes 89,4%, power engineering - 5,5%, machine-building and metal-working - 2,4%, gas-processing - 1,6%, timber and wood-processing - 0,24%, production of goods for construction - 0,24%, food-processing - 0,17%, oils-processing - 0,1%.
The climate of Khanty-Mansi okrug is not favorable for agriculture development. Hence most of the agricultural products and food is brought from the other regions of Russia.
In Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug waterways and railways are the main ways of freight, 29% of freight is made by automobile transport and 2% - by air. The total length of oil pipelines on the territory of the okrug is 6,283 km, of gas pipelines - 19,500 km.
The main export products are oil and its processing products, fuel, timber and so on. Khanty-Mansi okrug imports high-tech equipment, goods of ferrous metals, telecommunication and computer equipment, automobiles etc.
The okrug is the main oil-producing region in Russia and one of the largest oil-producing regions in the world, it is the donor-region of Russia and is the leading in a number of economic indices. It is the first in Russia in oil-producing, power production, the second place in gas-producing, investments and tax payment.
Khanty-Mansi okrug church
Khanty-Mansi okrug church view
Ugra region church
Khanty-Mansi district winter
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