Taymyria

Taymyria (Таймырский автономный округ) is an autonomous district (okrug) of Krasnoyarsk Krai in the Russian Federation. It is named after the Taymyr Peninsula. It is also called Dolgan-Nenets Autonomous District (Долгано-Ненецкий автономный округ), by the name of the indigenous people, Dolgans and Nenetses.

With an area of 862,100 km² (ranked 4th) and a population of slightly less than 40,000 (2002 census), Taymyria is one of the least densely populated areas of Russia. Dudinka, with more than half of Taymyria's inhabitants, is the administrative centre.

Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17 2005, the districts of Taymyria and Evenkia will be merged into the Krasnoyarsk krai on January 1 2007.

Administrative Division

Districts

Taymyria Autonomous District consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

• Diksonsky (Диксонский)
• Khatangsky (Хатангский)
• Ust-Yeniseysky (Усть-Енисейский)

Demographics

Population (2002): 39,786

Ethnic groups: Of the 39,786 residents (as of the 2002 census) 1,018 (2.56%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 81 ethnic groups, including 23,318 ethnic Russians (58.6%), 5,517 Dolgans (13.86%), 3.054 Nenetses (7.67%), 2,423 Ukrainians (6.09%), 766 Nganasans (1.92%), 587 Volga Germans (1.47%), 425 Tatars (1.07%), 305 Evenks (0.77%), 294 Belarusians (0.74%), 239 Azerbaijanis (0.6%) and so on.