Zapolyarny District is an administrative district (Raion

Raion

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) in Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a federal subject of Russia .It has an area of 176,700 km2 and population of 42,628 as of the preliminary results of the 2010 Census , 21,296 of whom live in Naryan-Mar, the administrative center.-Geography and ecology:The arctic ecology of this...

, Russia

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. The district consists of all the land with in the Okrug

Okrug

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. The administrative centre of the district is Iskateley.

History

The district is one of the youngest districts in Russia, formed in 2006. Zapolyarny translates as "Polar", and the district was given this name because the vast majority of the district's area lies north of the arctic circle. The district was initially formed as a municipal district , but on April 19, 2010, the status of the district was legally changed from municipal to administrative. Zapolyarny is the only administrative district in the Okrug and consists of all the land within Nenetsia.

Geography

The district has a size of approximately 177,000 km², more than four times the size of Switzerland. The district is around 320 km from north to south and around 950 km from east to west, stretching from Mys Bolvansky Nos in the north to the source of the Oma River in the south and Cape Kanin Nos in the west to the banks of the Kara River in the east.

Economy

Because the boundary of Zapolyarny District is identical to that of Nenetsia, there is no economic sector of significance to the district that is not also of equal significance to the Okrug. The main economic drivers are oil and gas, though reindeer husbandry is still seen as a core part of the culture of the indigenous Nenets people.

Divisions

Zapolyarny Municipal District consists of one urban type settlement and eighteen rural settlements.

Municipal composition

Urban-type settlements	Inhabited localities in jurisdiction
Iskateley	Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...  of Iskateley (administrative center of the district)
Rural settlements	Rural localities in jurisdiction*
Amdermsky	selo of Amderma Amderma Amderma is an urban-type settlement in Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located 490 km from Naryan-Mar on the coast of Kara Sea. It was established in 1933. Population: 650 ; 5,100 ; 2,900 . Fluorite deposits are located in the vicinity of Amderma, but the mines have been abandoned since...
Andegsky	selo of Andegsky selo of Naryga
Kaninsky	selo of Nes selo of Chizha selo of Mgla
Karsky	selo of Ust-Kara
Khorey-Versky	selo of Khorey-Ver selo of Kharyaginskiy
Khoseda-Khardsky	selo of Kharuta,
Kolguevsky	selo of Bugrino
Kotkinsky	selo of Kotkino
Malozemelskaya	selo of Nelmin Nos
Omsky	selo of Oma selo of Snopa selo of Vizhas
Peshsky	selo of Nizhnyaya Pesha selo of Belushe selo of Verkhnyaya Pesha selo of Volokovaya selo of Volonga
Primorsko-Kuysky	selo of Krasnoye selo of Charnaya selo of Kuya selo of Oskolkovo
Pustozersky	selo of Oksino selo of Kamenka selo of Khongurey
Shoyinsky	selo of Shoyina selo of Kiya
Telvisochny	selo of Telviska selo of Makarovo selo of Uste
Timansky	selo of Indiga selo of Vyucheysky
Velikovisochny	selo of Velikovisochnoye selo of Labozhskoye selo of Pylemets selo of Schelino selo of Toshviska
Yusharsky	selo of Karatayka

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*Administrative centers are shown in bold