Tazovsky District
Tazovsky District (; Nenets: Тасу’ Яваʼʼ, Tasuꜧ Javaꜧ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It 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 , which consists of the Gyda Peninsula, Taz Estuary as well as the region directly east of it. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Tazovsky. Population: 16,537 (2010 Census);  The population of the administrative center accounts for 41.1% of the district's total population. Demographics
Ethnic composition (2021):
 Nenets – 63.3%
 Russians – 24.5%
 Tatars – 2.2%
 Ukrainians – 1.9%
 Nogais – 1.3%
 Azerbaijanis – 1.2%
 Others – 5.6%

See also
Nakhodka

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Districts of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug