Neryungri

Neryungri (English)
Нерюнгри (Russian)
Нүөрүҥгүрү (Yakut)
-  Town[1]  -
Town under republic jurisdiction[1]

Kravchenko Street in Neryungri

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Neryungri
Location of Neryungri in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 56°41′N 124°40′E / 56.683°N 124.667°E / 56.683; 124.667Coordinates: 56°41′N 124°40′E / 56.683°N 124.667°E / 56.683; 124.667
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Neryungrinsky District[1]
Town Neryungri[1]
Administrative center of Neryungrinsky District,[1] Town of Neryungri[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Neryungrinsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Neryungri Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Neryungrinsky Municipal District,[3] Neryungri Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 61,747 inhabitants[4]
- Rank in 2010 260th
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[5]
Town status since 1975[1]
Postal code(s)[6] 678960, 678962, 678965, 678967, 678985, 678999
Dialing code(s) +7 41147
Neryungri on Wikimedia Commons
Neryungri population
2010 Census 61,747[4]
2002 Census 66,269[7]
1989 Census 72,540[8]
1979 Census 22,647[9]

Neryungri (Russian: Нерюнгри; IPA: [ˈnʲerʲʊnɡrʲɪ]; Yakut: Нүөрүҥгүрү, Nüörüŋgürü) is the second largest town and the administrative center of Neryungrinsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 61,747.[4]

Etymology

The name of the town comes from the Evenk word for "grayling".

History

It was founded due to the development of the nearby coal basin and was granted town status in 1975.[1]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Neryungri serves as the administrative center of Neryungrinsky District.[1] As an inhabited locality, Neryungri is classified as a town under republic jurisdiction.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Town of Neryungri.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Neryungri is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Neryungri Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

The town is the center of a large coal field discovered about 1970. It is located on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline and the Lena Highway, 202 kilometers (126 mi) by rail north of Tynda. Nearby, all in the coal basin, are Berkakit: 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) south; Serebryany Bor: 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) east with a thermal coal power plant; Chulman: 30 kilometers (19 mi) north, with the Chulman Airport; and a large open pit coal mine northwest across the Chulman River.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #173-Z #353-III
  3. ↑ Law #172-Z #351-III
  4. 1 2 3 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.
  5. ↑ 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.).
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

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