Yamalsky District

Yamalsky District (, Nenets: Я'мал район, Jaꜧmal rajon) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Yamal Peninsula in the north and northwest of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yar-Sale. Population: 16,310 (2010 Census); The population of Yar-Sale accounts for 39.8% of the district's total population.

Demographics

Ethnic composition (2021):

• Nenets – 72.6%
• Russians – 17.2%
• Khanty – 2.6%
• Tatars – 1.6%
• Others – 6%

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