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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO; Russian: Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ (ЯНАО), Jamalo-Neneckyj Avtonomnyj Okrug (YaNAO); Nenets: Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, Jamaly-Nenjocije awtonomnoj ŋokruk) or Yamalia (Russian: Ямалия) is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard and its largest city is Noyabrsk. In 2010, 522,904 people lived there.[1]

The Yamal crater [ru]. The top picture is from 2015. The other pictures are from 2013 and 2014

Geography: The Yamal peninsula has some large holes in the ground that are called gas emissions crater.

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  1. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.