Ust-Nera

Ust-Nera (English)
Усть-Нера (Russian)
Уус Ньара (Yakut)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -

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Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Ust-Nera
Location of Ust-Nera in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 64°35′N 143°15′E / 64.583°N 143.250°E / 64.583; 143.250Coordinates: 64°35′N 143°15′E / 64.583°N 143.250°E / 64.583; 143.250
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[2]
Administrative district Oymyakonsky District[2]
Settlement Settlement of Ust-Nera[2]
Administrative center of Oymyakonsky District,[2] Settlement of Ust-Nera[2]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Oymyakonsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Ust-Nera Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Oymyakonsky Municipal District,[4] Ust-Nera Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 6,463 inhabitants[5]
Time zone VLAT (UTC+10:00)[6]
Founded 1937
Urban-type settlement status since 1950[2]
Postal code(s)[7] 678730, 678739
Dialing code(s) +7 41154
Ust-Nera on Wikimedia Commons
Ust-Nera population
2010 Census 6,463[5]
2002 Census 9,457[8]
1989 Census 12,535[9]
1979 Census 10,399[10]

Ust-Nera (Russian: Усть-Нера; Yakut: Уус Ньара) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in one of the coldest permanently inhabited regions on Earth, approximately 870 kilometers (540 mi) northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,463.[5]

Geography

Ust-Nera is located at the confluence of the Nera and Indigirka Rivers, from which it takes its name (the ust- part means river mouth in Russian). Ust-Nera is located about 200 kilometers (120 mi) north of the selo of Oymyakon, which one of two places in the Sakha Republic (the other being Verkhoyansk) which lays claim to being the northern Pole of Cold, the coldest location in the northern hemisphere.

History

Ust-Nera flood of 1959

Ust-Nera was founded in 1937 in conjunction with gold mining and exploration in the Indigirka and Kolyma regions. In the Soviet era, it served as a base for forced labor camps of the gulag. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Nera in 1950.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ust-Nera[1] serves as the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Oymyakonsky District as the Settlement of Ust-Nera.[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ust-Nera is incorporated within Oymyakonsky Municipal District as Ust-Nera Urban Settlement.[11]

Economy

Gold mining is the main occupation. The Kolyma Highway was extended northwest to Ust-Nera in 1937; this section is now the main route between Yakutsk and Magadan. The Ust-Nera Airport is serving air traffic. River traffic on the Indigirka is limited by the rapids 100 kilometers (62 mi) downstream.

Culture

There is a small museum in Ust-Nera.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Ust-Nera is the administrative center of the Settlement of Ust-Nera.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. 1 2 3 Law #173-Z #353-III
  4. ↑ Law #172-Z #351-III
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ 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.).
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ Law #173-Z #353-III

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