Saha

Japanese: サハ

A Siberian republic belonging to the Russian Federation. Also known as Yakutia. It has an area of 3,103,200 ^km2 and a population of 949,300 (2010). Its capital is Yakutsk. The ethnic composition is 33.4% Yakut, 50.3% Russian, 7.1% Ukrainian, and other minorities such as Evenki, Even, and Yukaghir. It was incorporated into Russian territory in the 1630s and was used as a penal colony during the imperial era. It was known as a fur producing region, but gold mines were discovered in the mid-19th century, and it is now one of the world's leading diamond producing regions. It also has abundant natural gas and coal resources, and a large influx of Russians occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. Under the former Soviet Union, it was the Yakut Autonomous Republic, but declared independence in 1990, changed its name in 1992, and joined the Russian Federation.
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Saha

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Japanese:

ロシア連邦に属するシベリアの共和国。ヤクーチアとも。面積310万3200km²，人口94万9300人（2010）。主都ヤクーツク。民族構成はヤクート人33.4％，ロシア人50.3％，ウクライナ人7.1％，ほかにエベンキ，エベン，ユカギールなどの少数民族。1630年代にロシア領に編入され，帝政期から流刑地にもなった。毛皮産地として知られたが，19世紀半ばに金鉱が発見され，現在はダイヤモンド産地としても世界有数。天然ガス，石炭などの資源も多く，1950〜1960年代にロシア人が大量に流入した。旧ソ連のもとではヤクート自治共和国であったが，1990年に自立宣言，1992年国名を改称し，ロシア連邦に加盟した。
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