Nenetsia
Nenetsia is a far flung region in Northwestern Russia on the Barents Sea, which borders Arkhangelsk Oblast to the southwest, Komi Republic to the south, and Yamalia to the east. The region is adjacent to the large Arctic islands of Novaya Zemlya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Naryan-Mar.
Naryan-Mar
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Naryan-Mar is the capital of Nenetsia, located on the Pechorin River well beyond the Arctic Circle. It is the largest town in Nenetsia and serves as a "hub" for the surrounding area as well as a principal river port, sea port, and airport.
Nenetsia
- Type: autonomous okrug of Russia with 44,000 residents
- Description: federal subject of Russia, administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Also known as: “Nenets”, “Nenets AO”, “Nenets Autonomous Okrug”, “Nenetskii Natsional’nyi Okrug”, and “Nenetskiy Natsional’nyy Okrug”
- Neighbors: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Komi Republic, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia
- Category: federal subject of Russia
- Location: Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Nenetsia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Nenetsië”
- Arabic: “أوكروغ نينيتس الذاتية”
- Armenian: “Նենեցյան ինքնավար շրջան”
- Armenian: “Նենեցյան ինքնավար օկրուգ”
- Asturian: “Distritu Autónomu de Nenetsia”
- Asturian: “Nenetsia”
- Azerbaijani: “Nenets Muxtar Dairəsi”
- Bashkir: “Ненец автономиялы округы”
- Basque: “Nenetsia”
- Belarusian: “Ненецкая аўтаномная акруга”
- Bengali: “নেনেটস স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অক্রুগ”
- Bosnian: “Nenečki autonomni okrug”
- Breton: “Nenetsia”
- Bulgarian: “Ненецки автономен окръг”
- Catalan: “Districte Autònom dels Nenets”
- Catalan: “Districte Autònom Nenets”
- Catalan: “Nenètsia”
- Cebuano: “Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug”
- Chechen: “Ненцойн автономин гуо”
- Chechen: “Ненцойн автономни гуо”
- Chinese: “Nenets Chū-tī-khu”
- Chinese: “涅涅茨自治区”
- Chinese: “涅涅茨自治區”
- Chuvash: “Ненец автономи тăрăхĕ”
- Chuvash: “Ненец автономиллĕ тăрăхĕ”
- Crimean Tatar: “Nenets muhtar bölgesi”
- Croatian: “Nenečki autonomni okrug”
- Czech: “Něnecký autonomní okruh”
- Danish: “Nenets autonome okrug”
- Danish: “Nenetskij autonome okrug”
- Dimli (individual language): “Nenets”
- Dutch: “Nenetsië”
- Eastern Mari: “Ненец автоном йырвел”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نينيتس”
- Erzya: “Ненецэнь аулькедьало кужомастор”
- Esperanto: “Nenecio”
- Estonian: “Neenetsi autonoomne ringkond”
- Estonian: “Neenetsimaa”
- Finnish: “Nenetsia”
- French: “District autonome de Nénétsie”
- French: “Nénétsie”
- Gagauz: “Nenets okruu”
- Georgian: “ნენთა ავტონომიური ოკრუგი”
- German: “Autonomer Kreis der Nenzen”
- Greek: “Αυτόνομος θύλακας της Νενετσίας”
- Gujarati: “નેનેટ્સ ઓટોનોમસ ઓક્રગ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Nenets Chhṳ-chhṳ-khî”
- Hebrew: “הניינץ”
- Hebrew: “ננץ”
- Hindi: “नेनेट्स औटोनोमस ओक्रुग”
- Hungarian: “Nyenyecföld”
- Ido: “Autonoma distrikto Nenec”
- Indonesian: “Nenetsia”
- Indonesian: “Okrug Otonomi Nenets”
- Irish: “Ceantar Féinrialaitheach na Neinéitseach”
- Italian: “circondario autonomo dei Nenec”
- Italian: “Circondario autonomo dei Nenec”
- Japanese: “ネネツ自治管区”
- Kabardian: “Ненэй автоном округ”
- Kalmyk: “Цаамудин автоном әәмг”
- Kannada: “ನೆನೆಟ್ಸ್ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಒಕ್ರುಗ್”
- Kirghiz: “Ненец автономия округу”
- Komi-Permyak: “Яран кытш”
- Komi: “Яран асвеськӧдлан кытш”
- Korean: “네네츠 자치구”
- Ladin: “Okrug autonom di Nenec”
- Latin: “Districtus autonomus Neneticus”
- Latvian: “Ņencu autonomais apvidus”
- Lithuanian: “Nencų autonominė apygarda”
- Macedonian: “Ненецки автономен округ”
- Malay: “Negeri autonomi Nenets”
- Marathi: “नेनेत्स स्वायत्त ऑक्रूग”
- Mazanderani: “ننتس شهگردون اوکروگ”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Nenets Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nenets Chū-tī-khu”
- Mingrelian: “ნენეფიშ ავტონომიური ოკრუგი”
- Moksha: “Ненецонь автономонь округ”
- Mongolian: “Ненецийн өөртөө засах тойрог”
- Northern Frisian: “Autonoom Kreis faan a Nentsen”
- Northern Sami: “Njenec Iehčanas Guovlu”
- Northern Sami: “Njenecia autonomalaš biiregoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nenetsk”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nenetsia”
- Norwegian: “Nenetsk”
- Ossetian: “Ненецты автономон зылд”
- Ossetian: “Ненны автономон зылд”
- Persian: “ناحیه خودگردان ننتس”
- Persian: “ننتسیا”
- Polish: “Nieniecki Okręg Autonomiczny”
- Portuguese: “Nenetsia”
- Portuguese: “Nenétsia”
- Pushto: “نينيتس په ځان بسيا ښار”
- Romanian: “Districtul autonom Neneția”
- Russian: “Ненецкий автономный округ”
- Russian: “Ненецкий Автономный Округ”
- Russian: “Нене́цкий автоно́мный о́круг”
- Russian: “Ненецкий АО”
- Scots: “Nenets Autonomous Okrug”
- Serbian: “Ненеција”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nenečki autonomni okrug”
- Sinhala: “නෙනේට්ස් ස්වාධින කලාපය”
- Slovak: “Nenecko”
- Slovenian: “Nenško avtonomno okrožje”
- South Azerbaijani: “ننتسیا”
- Spanish: “Distrito autónomo de Nenetsia”
- Spanish: “Nenetsia”
- Swahili: “Okrug Huru wa Nenets”
- Swedish: “Nentsien”
- Tagalog: “Nenets Autonomous Okrug”
- Talysh: “Nenets muxtarə okrug”
- Tamil: “நெனெட்ஸ் ஆடோனோமோஸ் ஒகிருக்”
- Tamil: “நெனெத்து தன்னாட்சி வட்டாரம்”
- Tatar: “Ненец автономияле округы”
- Tatar: “Нинис айрат бүлгесе”
- Telugu: “నెనేట్స్ ఆటానమస్ ఓక్రుగ్”
- Thai: “เขตปกครองตนเองเนเนตส์”
- Turkish: “Nenets Özerk Okrugu”
- Udmurt: “Ненец автономной округ”
- Ukrainian: “Ненецький автономний округ”
- Upper Sorbian: “Awtonomny wokrjes Nencow”
- Urdu: “نینیتس خود مختار آکرگ”
- Uzbek: “Nenetslar muxtor okrugi”
- Veps: “Nencan avtonomine ümbrik”
- Vietnamese: “Khu tự trị Nenets”
- Vietnamese: “Nenetsia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Nenets Autonomous Okrug”
- Welsh: “Ocrwg Ymreolaethol Nenets”
- Western Panjabi: “نینٹس”
- Wu Chinese: “涅涅茨自治区”
- Yakut: “Ненец автономиялаах уокуруга”
- Yue Chinese: “涅涅茨自治區”
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