Komi-Permyak Okrug (russian: Ко́ми-Пермя́цкий о́круг, ''Komi-Permyatsky okrug''; koi, Коми-Перем кытш, Komi-Perem kyč, or PermyakiaEncyclopedia Encarta

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. Its

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is the

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Kudymkar Kudymkar (russian: Куды́мкар; kv, Кудымкöр, ''Kudymkör''; Komi-Permyak: ), is a town and the administrative center of Komi-Permyak Okrug of Perm Krai, Russia. Until 2005, it was the administrative center of Komi-Permyak Auto ...

. Population: It was a

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autonomous okrug Autonomous okrugs ( rus, автономный округ, ''avtonomnyy okrug''; more correctly referred to as "autonomous districts" or "autonomous areas") are a type of federal subject of the Russian Federation and simultaneously an administra ...

) until December 1, 2005. It was known as Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug (russian: Ко́ми-Пермя́цкий автоно́мный о́круг; kv, Перым-Коми автономия кытш) at the time.

Geography

Area: 32,770 km². Location: foothills of the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

, upper basin of the

Kama River The Kama (russian: Ка́ма, ; tt-Cyrl, Чулман, ''Çulman''; udm, Кам) is a long«Река � ...

History

Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug was established on February 26, 1925. It was an administrative division for

Komi-Permyaks The Komi ( kv, комияс, ' also ', also called Komi-Zyryans or Zyryans, are an indigenous Permian ethnic group whose homeland is in the northeast of European Russia around the basins of the Vychegda, Pechora and Kama rivers. They mostly ...

, a branch of the Komis, within

Perm Oblast Until 1 December 2005, Perm Oblast (russian: Пе́рмская о́бласть) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was ...

. After a referendum held in October 2004, the autonomous okrug was merged with Perm Oblast to form

. The referendum was held both in Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug and Perm Oblast, and the majority of citizens of both regions voted for merging.

Administrative divisions

(prior to December 1, 2005) (after December 1, 2005)

Demographics

Vital statistics

:Source
Russian Federal State Statistics Service

Ethnic groups

According to the 2002 Census,

make up 59.0% of the okrug's population. Other groups include

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(38.2%),

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different Turki ...

(1,100, or 0.8%),

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

(706, or 0.5%),

Belarusians , native_name_lang = be , pop = 9.5–10 million , image = , caption = , popplace = 7.99 million , region1 = , pop1 = 600,000–768,000 , region2 = , pop2 ...

(672, or 0.5%), and a host of other groups, each accounting for less than 0.5% of the total population.