Purovsky District (russian: Пу́ровский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #42-ZAO] and municipal
[Law #113-ZAO] district (
raion
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), one of the
seven
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* 7 BC, the seventh year before the AD era
* The month of
July
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in
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO; russian: Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг (ЯНАО), ; yrk, Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ) or Yamalia (russian: Ямалия) is a fe ...
of
Tyumen Oblast
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,
Russia
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. It is located in the center and south of the
autonomous okrug
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of
Tarko-Sale
Tarko-Sale (russian: Та́рко-Сале́, Nenets: Тарка’ саля, ''Tarkaꜧ salja''; Forest Nenets: Таӆка’ хаӆя) is a town and the administrative center of Purovsky District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It i ...
.
Population: 51,280 (
2010 Census);
The population of Tarko-Sale accounts for 39.8% of the district's total population.
Geography
Purovsky District is named after the
Pur river. Lake
Pyakuto
Pyakuto (russian: Пякуто) is a freshwater lake in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.Google Earth The name of the lake originated in the Forest Nenets language.
The lake lies below the Arctic circle in an area of permafrost. Its shores ...
is located in the district.
[ Google Earth]
References
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Districts of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug