Yar-Sale Explained

Yar-Sale
Native Name:Яр-Сале
Native Name Lang:ru
Settlement Type:rural locality (selo)
Etymology:"sandy cape"
Pushpin Map:Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug#Russia
Coordinates:66.8653°N 70.8378°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Type1:Federal subject
Subdivision Name1:Yamalo-Nenets A.O.
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Yamalsky District
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1927
Population As Of:2010 Census
Population Total:6,486
Timezone1:YEKT
Utc Offset1:+05:00
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:629700
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+7 34996
Geocode:71 168 917 001 (OKATO)
71 928 417 101 (OKTMO)
Registration Plate Type:Vehicle registration
Registration Plate:89

Yar-Sale (Russian: Яр-Сале) is a rural locality (a selo) in Russia located east of Salekhard near the Gulf of Ob in the northern part of Western Siberia. It is the administrative center of Yamalsky District, one of seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast.

History

Yar-Sale was founded in 1927, and in 1932 became the center of Yamalsky District. The village's name comes from the local Nenets yar, meaning "sandy" and sale, meaning "cape".

On 2 October 1989, an Aeroflot Antonov An-2T (registration CCCP-33078) flying over the Yamal Peninsula performed a forced landing in the tundra near Yar-Sale, causing irreparable damage to the aircraft's landing gear, propeller and wings.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census, Yar-Sale had 6,486 inhabitants including 3,115 men (48.0%) and 3,371 women (52.0%), accounting for 39.8% of Yamalsky District's total population of 16,310. The village had grown from the previous 2002 Census, which recorded 4,872 inhabitants including 2,291 men (47.0%) and 2,581 women (53.0%).

Economy and infrastructure

In recent decades, Yar-Sale grew in connection with the development of natural gas fields in the region. The village also sustains a local trade in processing reindeer, with products sold locally and exported to Germany. There is a museum of local lore in the village.

Transportation

Yar-Sale Heliport (ICAO airport code: USDR)[2] consists of two helipads: one north and one east of the settlement with the terminal building situated within the actual settlement.

There is regular water and air communication with Salekhard, but land travel is irregular during the rasputitsa seasons.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yar-Sale, Russia . GeoNames . 18 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Yar-Sale Airport (USDR) . World Airport Codes . https://web.archive.org/web/20170713115445/https://www.world-airport-codes.com/russia/yar-sale-83109.html . 13 July 2017 . live . 17 August 2018.