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Yamalia is the northernmost region in and is home to Russia's most important natural gas deposits as well as large West Siberian oilfields.
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is a city in Yamalia, and is the only city in the world located on the Arctic Circle. It is the administrative center of Yamalia, and was the first permanent Russian settlement in the region, founded following the conquest of the Khanate of Siberia.

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is the second largest city in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, , located in the middle of the West Siberian , on the – railway about 300 kilometers north of . Population: 110,620 .
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Yamalia

Latitude
67.1472° or 67° 8′ 50″ north
Longitude
74.3415° or 74° 20′ 30″ east
Population
539,000
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
9JVP48WR+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 503045144
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1486462
Wiki­data ID
Q6407
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Yamalia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jamalië”
  • Afrikaans: “Jamalo-Nenetsië”
  • Arabic: “أوكروغ يامالو-نينيتس الذاتية”
  • Arabic: “أوكروغ يامالو-نينيتس الذاتيه”
  • Armenian: “Յամալ-Նենեցյան ինքնավար օկրուգ”
  • Asturian: “Distritu Autónomu de Yamalia-Nenetsia”
  • Asturian: “Yamalia-Nenetsia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yamalo-Nenets Muxtar Dairəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Ямал-Ненец автономиялы округы”
  • Basque: “Jamalia-Nenetsia”
  • Belarusian: “Ямала-Ненецкая аўтаномная акруга”
  • Bengali: “ইয়ামালো-নেনেটস স্বায়ত্তশাসিত ওক্রুগ”
  • Bosnian: “Jamalskonenečki autonomni okrug”
  • Bulgarian: “Ямало-Ненецки автономен окръг”
  • Catalan: “Districte Autònom Iamalo-Nenets”
  • Catalan: “Iamàlia-Nenètsia”
  • Catalan: “Iamàlia”
  • Cebuano: “Yamalo-Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug”
  • Chechen: “Ямалан-Ненцойн автономин гуо”
  • Chinese: “Yamalo-Nenets Chū-tī-khu”
  • Chinese: “亚马尔-涅涅茨自治区”
  • Chinese: “亞馬爾-涅涅茨”
  • Chuvash: “Ямал-Ненец автономиллĕ тăрăхĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Ямал-Ненец автономлă тăрăхĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Yamal-Nenets muhtar bölgesi”
  • Croatian: “Jamalo-Nenecki autonomni okrug”
  • Croatian: “Jamalskonenečki autonomni okrug”
  • Czech: “Jamalo-něnecký autonomní okruh”
  • Danish: “Jamalo-Nenets autonome okrug”
  • Danish: “Jamalo-Nenetskij autonome okrug”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Yamalo-Nenets”
  • Dutch: “Jamalië”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ямал-Ненец автоном йырвел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يامالو-نينيتس”
  • Erzya: “Ямалонь-Ненецэнь аулькедьало кужомастор”
  • Esperanto: “Jamala-Neneca aŭtonoma distrikto”
  • Esperanto: “Jamalo-Neneca aŭtonoma distrikto”
  • Estonian: “Jamali Neenetsi autonoomne ringkond”
  • Finnish: “Jamalin Nenetsia”
  • Finnish: “Jamalin Nenetsian autonominen piirikunta”
  • French: “District autonome de Iamalie”
  • French: “Iamalie”
  • French: “Iamalo-Nénétsie”
  • French: “okroug autonome de Iamalie”
  • French: “okroug autonome de Iamalo-Nénétsie”
  • Georgian: “იამალ-ნენთა ავტონომიური ოკრუგი”
  • German: “Autonomer Kreis der Jamal-Nenzen”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομος θύλακας των Γιαμάλων Νένετς”
  • Greek: “Γιαμαλία”
  • Gujarati: “યમાલો-નેનેટ્સ ઓટોનોમસ ઓર્કગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yamalo-Nenets Chhṳ-chhṳ-khî”
  • Hebrew: “ימאלו-ננץ”
  • Hebrew: “ימלו-ננץ”
  • Hindi: “यामालो-नेनेट ऑटोनॉमस ऑक्रग”
  • Hungarian: “Jamali Nyenyecföld”
  • Ido: “Autonoma distrikto Yamal-Nenec”
  • Inari Sami: “Jamalo-Neeneec pirrâdâhkodde”
  • Indonesian: “Okrug Otonomi Yamal-Nenets”
  • Indonesian: “Yamalia”
  • Irish: “Ceantar Féinrialaitheach Neinéitseach Iamáil”
  • Italian: “circondario autonomo Jamalo-Nenec”
  • Italian: “Circondario autonomo Jamalo-Nenec”
  • Japanese: “ヤマロ・ネネツ自治管区”
  • Kalmyk: “Ямал Цаамудин автоном әәмг”
  • Kannada: “ಯಮಲೊ-ನೆನೆಟ್ಸ್ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಒಕ್ರುಗ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Ямал-Ненец автономиялуу округу”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Ямал Яран кытш”
  • Komi: “Ямал-Яран асвеськӧдлан кытш”
  • Korean: “YNAO”
  • Korean: “야말로네네츠 자치구”
  • Korean: “야말리아”
  • Latin: “Districtus autonomus Iamalo-Neneticus”
  • Latvian: “Jamalas Ņencu autonomais apvidus”
  • Lithuanian: “Jamalo Nencų autonominė apygarda”
  • Macedonian: “Јамало-ненецки автономен округ”
  • Malay: “Negeri autonomi Yamalo-Nenets”
  • Marathi: “यमेलो-नेनेत्स स्वायत्त ऑक्रूग”
  • Mazanderani: “یامالو-ننتس شه‌گردون اوکروگ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Yamalo-Nenets Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yamalo-Nenets Chū-tī-khu”
  • Mingrelian: “იამალ-ნენეფიშ ავტონომიური ოკრუგი”
  • Moksha: “Ямало-Ненецонь автономонь округ”
  • Mongolian: “Ямало-Ненецийн өөртөө засах тойрог”
  • Northern Frisian: “Autonoom Kreis faan a Jamal-Nentsen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jamalo-Nenetsk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jamalo-Nenetsk”
  • Norwegian: “Jamalo-Nenetsk”
  • Ossetian: “Ямал-Ненецты автономон зылд”
  • Ossetian: “Ямало-Ненны автономон зылд”
  • Persian: “ناحیه خودگردان یامالو-ننتس”
  • Persian: “یامالو-ننتس”
  • Polish: “Jamalsko-Nieniecki Okręg Autonomiczny”
  • Portuguese: “Iamália-Nenétsia”
  • Portuguese: “Iamália”
  • Pushto: “يامالو نينيتس په ځان بسيا ښار”
  • Romanian: “Districtul autonom Iamalia-Neneția”
  • Russia Buriat: “Ямал-Ненец автономито тойрог”
  • Russian: “Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ”
  • Russian: “Ямало-Ненецкий Автономный Округ”
  • Russian: “Ямало-Ненецкий АО”
  • Russian: “ЯНАО”
  • Scots: “Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug”
  • Serbian: “Јамалија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jamalsko-Nenečki autonomni okrug”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jamalskonenečki autonomni okrug”
  • Sinhala: “යමාලෝ-නෙනෙට්ස් ස්වාධින ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Jamalsko”
  • Slovenian: “Jamalo-nenško avtonomno okrožje”
  • Slovenian: “Jamalo-Nenško avtonomno okrožje”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یامالو-ننتس”
  • Spanish: “Distrito autónomo de Yamalia-Nenetsia”
  • Spanish: “Yamalia-Nenetsia”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa Huru wa Yamalo-Nenets”
  • Swedish: “Jamalo-Nenetien”
  • Swedish: “Jamalo-Nentsien”
  • Tagalog: “Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug”
  • Talysh: “Jamalo-Nenets muxtarə okrug”
  • Tamil: “யமலோ-நெனெத்து தன்னாட்சி வட்டாரம்”
  • Tamil: “யாமாலோ-நெனெட்ஸ் ஆடோனோமோஸ் ஒக்ருகி”
  • Tatar: “Ямал-Ненец автономияле бүлгесе”
  • Tatar: “Ямал-Ненец автономияле округы”
  • Telugu: “యమాలో-నెనెట్స్ అటానమస్ ఓక్రుగ్”
  • Thai: “เขตปกครองตนเองยามาโล-เนเนตส์”
  • Turkish: “Yamalo-Nenets Özerk Okrugu”
  • Udmurt: “Ямал-Ненец автономной округ”
  • Ukrainian: “Ямало-Ненецький автономний округ”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Awtonomny wokrjes Jamalskich Nencow”
  • Urdu: “یامالو-نینیتس خود مختار آکرگ”
  • Uzbek: “Yamal Nenetslari muxtor okrugi”
  • Veps: “Jamalan Nenciden avtonomine ümbrik”
  • Vietnamese: “Yamalo-Nenets”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Autonomo Okrug han Yamalo-Nenets”
  • Welsh: “Ocrwg Ymreolaethol Yamalo-Nenets”
  • Western Panjabi: “یامالیہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚马尔-涅涅茨自治区”
  • Yakut: “Ямал-Ненец автономиялаах уокуруга”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞馬爾-涅涅茨”

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