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Founded: 1929
Head of Administration: Vladimir Yakovlevitch Butov
Federation Council Representative: Alexander Vitalyevich Sabadash (executive, term expires January 2005)
Duma deputy: Artur Nikolayevich Chilingarov (Nenets district)(United Russia)
Population: 41,500 (2002 census)
Capital: Naryan-Mar (population 25,500), 2,230 km from Moscow
Federal district: Northwestern
Economic region: Northern
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +4
Geography: The Nenets Autonomous Area borders the Komi Republic, Arkhangelsk Region, and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area. The area extends along the Arctic coast, with shorelines on the White, Barents, and Kara seas. It also includes Kolguev and Vaigan islands. The Pechora river flows through the territory.
Urban population: 62%, Rural population: 38%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Almost none of the land in the Nenets Autonomous District is agriculturally viable, so the economy is driven by fishing and industrial production. Naryan-Mar is also the capital of the Timan-Pechora oil and gas area. The area's oil fields are being developed, and gas and coal fields already have been explored, which contributes significantly to the economy.
Contact Information
Head of Administration
Vladimir Yakovlevitch Butov
20 Ulitsa Smidovitcha
Naryan-Mar 166000
Tel.: +7 (81853) 4 21 13
Fax: +7 (81853) 4 22 69
Email: nencit@atnet.ru
Chairman of Deputies’ Assembly
Vitalina Frantsevna Glazunova
Tel.: +7 (81853) 4 21 59
Fax: +7 (81853) 4 20 11
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Tatyana Alekseyevna Malysheva
19 Novy Arbat, office 1122
Moscow 103025
Tel.: +7 (095) 203 90 39
last updated August 24, 2005
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