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 or seven may also refer to:
* AD 7, the seventh year of the AD era
* 7 BC, the seventh year before the AD era
* The month of
July
Music Artists
* Seven (Swiss singer) (born 1978), a Swiss recording artist ...
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 fed ...
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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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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
Pur or PUR may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Pur (band), a German band
* Pur, a song by the Cocteau Twins
People
* Necla Pur (born 1943), Turkish economist and professor
* Quraish Pur (1932–2013), Pakistani scholar, writer, and ...
river. Lake
Pyakuto is located in the district.
Google Earth
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Districts of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug