Bilibino

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Bilibino (Russian: Били́бино) is a town in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located at the confluence of the Karalveyem and the Bolshoy Keperveyem Rivers (Kolyma's basin) 653 km north-west of Anadyr. Population: 6,181 (2002 Census). The town is home to the world's northernmost nuclear power plant opened in 1976.

The construction of the settlement started in 1955. Town status granted in 1993.


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Administrative center: Anadyr

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Coordinates: 68°3′N 166°27′E.


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