Pevek
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Pevek (Russian: Певек) is a town in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, situated by the coast of the Chaunskaya Inlet of the East Siberian Sea. Pevek is the northernmost town in Russia. It is located beyond the Arctic Circle. It was founded in 1933, and received a town status in 1967. The town is a large port at the Northern Sea Route. Population: 5,206 (2002 Census);[1] 12,915 (1989 Census).[2]
During the 1990s, after the breakup of the USSR, commercial navigation in the Arctic went into decline. More or less regular shipping is presently to be found only from Murmansk to Dudinka in the west and between Vladivostok and Pevek in the east. Ports between Dudinka and Pevek see next to no shipping at all.
The Routan Islands lie off Pevek Bay very close to the coast.
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- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
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[edit] External links
- Pevek's city info from Vostok Travel.
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