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Sakha Republic

EnglishNameSakha (Yakutia) Republic
RussianNameРеспублика Саха (Якутия)
LocalName1Саха Республиката
LocalLangName1Sakha
CoatOfArmsCoat of Arms of Sakha (Yakutia).png
CoatOfArmsLinkCoat of arms of the Sakha Republic
FlagFlag of Sakha.svg
FlagLinkFlag of the Sakha Republic
AnthemNational Anthem of the Sakha Republic
AdmCtrTypeCapital
AdmCtrNameYakutsk
DateEstablishedApril 27, 1922
PoliticalStatusRepublic
PoliticalStatusLinkRepublics of Russia
FederalDistrictFar Eastern
EconomicRegionFar Eastern
CodeNumber14
ISORU-SA
Area3103200
AreaRank1st
Population949280
PopulationRank58th
UrbanPopulation64.3%
RuralPopulation35.7%
OfficialLanguagesRussian, Sakha
GovernmentAsOfNovember 2008
HeadTitlePresident
HeadNameVyacheslav Shtyrov
LegislatureState Assembly (Il Tumen)
LegislatureRef
BasicLawTypeConstitution
BasicLawTitleConstitution (Basic Law) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Websitehttp://www.sakha.gov.ru/

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The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic ( , Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya); , Sakha Respublikata) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). The population of Yakutia mainly consists of ethnic Yakuts and Russians.

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.

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Climate :
Births Deaths Birth rate Death rate
1970 13,899 5,700 20.6 8.5
1975 15,636 6,242 20.2 8.1
1980 18,132 7,501 20.4 8.5
1985 22,823 7,266 22.8 7.3
1990 21,662 7,470 19.4 6.7
1991 19,805 7,565 17.8 6.8
1992 17,796 8,710 16.3 8.0
1993 16,771 9,419 15.6 8.8
1994 16,434 10,371 15.6 9.9
1995 15,731 10,079 15.3 9.8
1996 14,584 9,638 14.4 9.5
1997 13,909 9,094 13.9 9.1
1998 13,640 8,856 13.8 9.0
1999 12,724 9,480 13.1 9.8
2000 13,147 9,325 13.7 9.7
2001 13,262 9,738 13.9 10.2
2002 13,887 9,700 14.6 10.2
2003 14,224 9,660 15.0 10.2
2004 14,716 9,692 15.5 10.2
2005 13,591 9,696 14.3 10.2
2006 13,713 9,245 14.4 9.7
2007 15,268 9,179 16.1 9.7
2008 15,363 9,579 16.2 10.1

Climate :
census 1939 census 1959 census 1970 census 1979 census 1989 census 2002
Yakuts 233,273 (56.5%) 226,053 (46.4%) 285,749 (43.0%) 313,917 (36.9%) 365,236 (33.4%) 432,290 (45.5%)
Dolgans 10 (0.0%) 64 (0.0%) 408 (0.0%) 1,272 (0.1%)
Evenks 10,432 (2.5%) 9,505 (2.0%) 9,097 (1.4%) 11,584 (1.4%) 14,428 (1.3%) 18,232 (1.9%)
Evens 3,133 (0.8%) 3,537 (0.7%) 6,471 (1.0%) 5,763 (0.7%) 8,668 (0.8%) 11,657 (1.2%)
Yukaghir 267 (0.1%) 285 (0.1%) 400 (0.1%) 526 (0.1%) 697 (0.1%) 1,097 (0.1%)
Chukchis 400 (0.1%) 325 (0.1%) 387 (0.1%) 377 (0.0%) 473 (0.0%) 602 (0.1%)
Russians 146,741 (35.5%) 215,328 (44.2%) 314,308 (47.3%) 429,588 (50.4%) 550,263 (50.3%) 390,671 (41.2%)
Ukrainians 4,229 (1.0%) 12,182 (2.5%) 20,253 (3.0%) 46,326 (5.4%) 77,114 (7.0%) 34,633 (3.6%)
Others 14,723 (3.6%) 20,128 (4.1%) 27,448 (4.1%) 43,695 (5.1%) 76,778 (7.0%) 58,826 (6.2%)

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