[Rails] yaml dump of db to be used for creating records

I have an array of Hash to be used for creating records in db with
this format :

geo_areas.first
=> {"id"=>1, "areaOrder"=>1, "areaName"=>"Europe", "areaCode"=>"EUR",
"areaEnabled"=>1}

I'll loop over the geo_areas array to create all records .. but I need
to use the 'id' key as the :id of my records upon creation

doing :
GeoArea.new(geo_areas.first) doesn't take the "id" in account
=> #<GeoArea id: nil, areaOrder: 1, areaName: "Europe", areaCode:
"EUR", areaEnabled: true>

and
GeoArea.create(geo_areas.first) auto-generate the id , not taking in
account the "id" in the Hash ...

how should I proceed ?

tfyi

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