Naryan-Mar
| Naryan-Mar (English) Нарьян-Мар (Russian) Няръяна марˮ (Nenets) | |
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 Top left: Nenets Autonomous Federal Hall; top right; Zapolyarnaya Stolitsa Avenue; second from the top: Naryan-Mar post office; second from the bottom: Town Administration building; bottom left: a church in Naryan-Mar; bottom right: culture center | |
.svg.png) Location of Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia | |
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| Administrative status (as of April 2015) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nenets Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar[1] |
| Administrative center of | Nenets Autonomous Okrug,[1] city of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar[1] |
| Municipal status (as of April 2015) | |
| Urban okrug | Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug[1] |
| Administrative center of | Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug[1] |
| Mayor[2] | Tatiana Fedorova[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 21,658 inhabitants[3] |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00)[4] |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 166000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81853 |
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Naryan-Mar (Russian: Нарья́н-Мар; Nenets: Няръянa марˮ, Nyar'yana marq, lit. "red town") is a sea and river port town and the administrative center of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town is situated on the right bank of the Pechora River, 110 kilometers (68 mi) upstream from the river's mouth, on the Barents Sea. Naryan-Mar lies north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 21,658 (2010 Census);[3] 18,611 (2002 Census);[6] 20,182 (1989 Census);[7] 17,000 (1973).
History
Industrial development in the area around Naryan-Mar began in 1930, in the course of the First Five-Year Plan of the Soviet Union. The growth of the region was the direct result of the development of the Pechora coalfield and the construction of related industrial infrastructure.
Naryan-Mar was for many years a center of the lumber industry, and possess several large, and currently defunct, lumber mills. At present, the biggest employer in the town is the petroleum company LUKoil.
The town's importance derives from being the only developed commercial port in an area of several thousand square miles. As a result, Naryan-Mar has a reasonably well developed tourist and hospitality services, with several saunas and hotels. The town also hosts a local museum, a large World War II memorial, an Orthodox church, and a historic district which predates the foundation of the modern city. Sports fishing is also possible in the area.
Administrative and municipal status
Naryan-Mar is the administrative center of the autonomous okrug.[1] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar is incorporated as Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug.[1]
Transportation
The town is served by the Naryan-Mar Airport, which is connected to the town by the 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)-long A-381.
Climate
Naryan-Mar has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with short, mild summers that may exceed +25 °C (77 °F) and very cold winters. Precipitation is somewhat greater in summer than in winter.
| Climate data for Naryan-Mar | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
2.8 (37) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
27.8 (82) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.9 (93) |
30.8 (87.4) |
23.9 (75) |
17.2 (63) |
6.5 (43.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
33.9 (93) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) |
−12.8 (9) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
4.7 (40.5) |
14.1 (57.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.2 (1) |
−16.9 (1.6) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −21.7 (−7.1) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −47.4 (−53.3) |
−46.5 (−51.7) |
−45.4 (−49.7) |
−36.3 (−33.3) |
−23.7 (−10.7) |
−7.2 (19) |
0.0 (32) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−7.8 (18) |
−26.4 (−15.5) |
−40.2 (−40.4) |
−47.6 (−53.7) |
−47.6 (−53.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29 (1.14) |
24 (0.94) |
26 (1.02) |
29 (1.14) |
37 (1.46) |
48 (1.89) |
55 (2.17) |
70 (2.76) |
60 (2.36) |
52 (2.05) |
37 (1.46) |
36 (1.42) |
503 (19.8) |
| Average rainy days | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 144 |
| Average snowy days | 24 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 156 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 84 | 81.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 6.0 | 47.0 | 128.0 | 200.0 | 187.0 | 248.0 | 264.0 | 160.0 | 98.0 | 52.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 1,404 |
| Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[9] | |||||||||||||
Twin towns and sister cities
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Law #557-OZ
- 1 2 Krasny Tundrovik. Interview with Mayor Tatiana Fedorova (Russian)
- 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Pogoda.ru.net - Climate Data for Naryan-Mar" (in Russian). Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Nar'jan-Mar Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ↑
Sources
- Собрание депутатов Ненецкого автономного округа. Закон №557-ОЗ от 24 февраля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ненецкого автономного округа», в ред. Закона №155-ОЗ от 1 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в часть 1 статьи 2 Закона Ненецкого автономного округа "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ненецкого автономного округа"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Няръяна Вындер", №28, 28 февраля 2005 г. (Council of Deputies of Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Law #557-OZ of February 24, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #155-OZ of December 1, 2015 On Amending Part 1 of Article 2 of the Law of Nenets Autonomous Okrug "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Nenets Autonomous Okrug". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
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