En Name: | Tazovsky District |
Ru Name: | Тазовский район |
Image View: | Taz River.jpg |
Coordinates: | 67.4778°N 78.7172°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Tazovsky rayon (Yamal Nenetsia).png |
Federal Subject: | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2012 |
Adm Ctr Type: | settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Tazovsky |
No Of Rural Localities: | 9 |
Mun Data As Of: | December 2012 |
Mun Formation1: | Tazovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 5 |
Area Km2: | 174,343.92 |
Pop 2010Census: | 16537 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 41.1%[1] |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 58.9% |
Website: | http://tasu.ru/ |
Date: | June 2013 |
Tazovsky District (Russian: Та́зовский райо́н; Nenets: Тасу’ Яваʼʼ, Tasuꜧ Javaꜧ) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Tazovsky.
The district is located in the north, northeast, and east of the autonomous okrug and borders Purovsky, Nadymsky, and Krasnoselkupsky District; these exist to the south, south-west, and south-east, respectively - alongside Yamalsky District west over Gulf of Ob, and Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District and Turukhansky District east within Krasnoyarsk Krai. The area of the district is 174343.92km2, which consists of the Gyda Peninsula, Taz Estuary as well as the region directly east of it.
The district is home to the Novatek Arctic LNG 2 project.[4]
Population: 16,537 (2010 Census); The population of the administrative center accounts for 41.1% of the district's total population.
Ethnic composition (2021):[5]