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Naryan-Mar (English)
Нарьян-Мар (Russian)
Няръяна мар″ (Nenets)- Town[citation needed] - 
Naryan-MarCoordinates: 67°38′N 53°03′E / 67.633°N 53.05°ECoordinates: 67°38′N 53°03′E / 67.633°N 53.05°E 
Coat of arms Flag Administrative status Country Russia Federal subject Nenets Autonomous Okrug Administrative center of Nenets Autonomous Okrug[citation needed] Municipal status Urban okrug Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug[citation needed] Mayor[citation needed] Yury Radionovsky[citation needed] Statistics Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)21,296 inhabitants[1] Population (2002 Census) 18,611 inhabitants[2] Time zone MSD (UTC+04:00)[3] Founded 1929[citation needed] Postal code(s) 166000[citation needed] Dialing code(s) +7 81853[citation needed] Official website Naryan-Mar (Russian: Нарья́н-Мар; Nenets: Няръянa мар", 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,[4] 110 kilometers (68 mi) upstream from the river's mouth, on the Barents Sea. Naryan-Mar lies north of the Arctic Circle, south of Andeg and east of Oksino. The town is served by Naryan-Mar Airport. Population: 21,296 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 18,611 (2002 Census);[2] 20,182 (1989 Census);[5] 17,000 (1973).
Industrial development in the area around Naryan-Mar began in the early 1930s, 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. The town itself was founded in 1935.[6]
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.
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International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in RussiaGallery
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The commercial port of Naryan-Mar
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View from Gorodskaya Kurya River]]
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Hotel «Zapolarnaya Stolica»
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Lenin Street(2010)
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The port of Naryan-Mar
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Naryan-Mar seen from the opposing bank of the Pechora
Twin towns/sister cities
The town is twinned with:[7]
See also
- Pustozyorsk, a now defunct town nearby
References
- ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ a b 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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
- ^ Bird view of Naryan-Mar on wikimapia
- ^ "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.)" (in 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. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ Unofficial website of Naryan-Mar
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Categories:- Naryan-Mar
- Barents Sea
- Port cities and towns in Russia
- Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
- Populated places established in 1935
- Populated places of Arctic Russia
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