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Comprising half of the Far Eastern Federal District, it is the largest subnational governing body by area in the world at 3103200 km2 (1198152.2 sqmi), yet it has a population of only 949,280 inhabitants. Its capital is Yakutsk. The Sakha Republic is the site of Pleistocene Park, a project directed at recreating pleistocene tundra grasslands by stimulating the growth of grass with the introduction of animals which thrived in the region during the late Pleistocene - early Holocene period. |