Tatars – 9% Ukrainians – 6.2% Khanty – 3.3% Nenets – 3% Komi – 2.7% Kyrgyz – 1% Others – 9.8% Economy Yamal Airlines has its head office in Salekhard. Most of residents are employed in reindeer herding, fishing and the services sector. By 2015, about from the airport, near the Arctic circle, authorities plan to build a large polar resort "Center of the Arctic tourism." Transportation Salekhard is located in the Ob river valley and is an important river port of the Russian Far North. The unfinished Salekhard–Igarka Railway was set to provide a rail connection between the Ob river port of Salekhard and the Yenisei river port of Igarka. Currently, the nearest railway is at Labytnangi (on the Salekhard–Igarka Railway), northwest on the opposite side of the river Ob. The project Northern Latitudinal Railway will provide Salekhard access to Russian railway and will further connect Salekhard to the Konosha-Vorkuta railway and other parts of European Russia. the Salekhard Bridge project, the combined railway-road bridge over Ob river, is the main component of Northern Latitudinal Railway that connect Labytnangi and Salekhard is to be constructed with cost of 60 billion rubles. Nadym-Salekhard road, a 344 km long road, has been inaugurated since December 2020 to the 90th anniversary of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,which facilate the construction and railway between two cities and Connects East & West part of Yamal. For 9–10 months each year, the Ob river is frozen and cars and trucks can cross via the river ice. In the summer a ferry operates, however during the floating of ice, generally shortly before the start and shortly after the end of summer, Salekhard is effectively isolated from the outside world, regarding freight. During these periods, only helicopters are able to reach Salekhard in case of emergency. Native people, mainly the Nenets and Khanty people, always build up stocks of food at home, in the shops, and in the markets during this period, but they still suffer from seasonal inflation. The city is also served by the Salekhard Airport, which is north of the main city. Climate Salekhard has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with short, mild summers and severely cold winters. Precipitation is moderate, and is significantly greater in summer than in winter. Gallery International relations Twin Town & Sister City Salekhard is twinned with: Azov, Rostov Oblast, Russia Notable people Ion-Georgy Kostev (born 1990), professional