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Founded: 1930
Governor: Oleg Mikhailovich Budargin (elected January 26, 2003)
Federation Council Representatives: Leonid Iosifovich Bindar (executive, term expires January 2008); Leonid Yulianovich Roketsky (legislative, term expires January 2010)
Duma deputy: Viktor Vladimirovich Sitnov (Taimyr district)(United Russia)
Population: 39,800 (2002 census)
Area: 884,400 square km (341,378 sq. miles)
Capital: Dudinka (population approx. 27,000), 6,403 km from Moscow
Other cities: Norilsk
Federal district: Siberian
Economic region: East Siberia
Time: Moscow +4, GMT +7, EST +12
Geography: The Taimyr Autonomous Area occupies the Taimyr Peninsula to its extreme end at Chelyuskin Cape, including the islands between the Yenisei Gulf and Khatanga Gulf, the northern part of central Siberia, and the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. It is the only subject of the Russian Federation located entirely above the Arctic Circle. The area borders on Yakutia, the Evenk Autonomous Area , Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area and has a coastline on the Kara and Laptev Seas.
Urban population: 65%, Rural population: 35%
Ethnic make-up: more than 110 nationalities including Russians (67.1%), Dolgans (8.8%), Ukrainians (8.6%), Nenets (4.4%), and Nganasans (1.5%)
Economy: The Taimyr Autonomous Area is one of the least economically developed subjects of the Russian Federation. The largest enterprise in the region is the Norilsk mining company. About 60% of the residents of the area are affliated with Norilsk, which owns rail lines and ports in addition to mines. Traditionally, the Taimyrs were engaged in reindeer herding and fur trapping, and these enterprises still exist on a small scale.
Contact Information
Governor
Oleg Mikhailovich Budargin
35 Ulitsa Sovetskaya
Dudinka 647000
Tel.: +7 (39111) 2 11 60
+7 (39111) 5 82 07
Email: atao@taimyr.ru
Press service contact
Maxim Alexandrovich Raditsky
Tel.: +7 (39111) 2 84 28
Email: sotnikovrb@atao.taimyr.ru
Chairman of Duma
Viktor Vladimirovich Sitnov
35 Ulitsa Sovetskaya
Dudinka 647000
Tel. +7 (39111) 2 29 39
Fax: +7 (39111) 2-54-38
Email: dudinka@dumatao.krasnoyarsk.su
last updated August 26, 2005
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