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Naryan-Mar

Naryan-Mar (; ) is a sea and river port town and the administrative center of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town is situated on the right bank of the Pechora River, upstream from the river's mouth, on the Barents Sea. Naryan-Mar lies north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 17,000 (1973). About half of the population of Nenetsia lives in the city.

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Naryan-Mar is a port town in far northern Russia that serves as the administrative center of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, located on the Pechora River just south of where it meets the Barents Sea, well above the Arctic Circle. The town is significant because it is home to roughly half of the region's population and functions as a major center for sea and river commerce in this remote Arctic area.

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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Няръяна мар
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Nenets
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Lenin's St, Zapolarnaya Stolica, N-Mar.JPG
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Naryan-Mar.png
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Naryan-Mar.png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: city of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: city of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of: Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.leader_title: Mayor
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Nenets Autonomous Okrug#European Russia#Russia#Europe
Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Naryan-Mar
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Нарьян-Мар
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 21658

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Official website

Официальный сайт администрации города

Официальный сайт администрации города Нарьян-Мар

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Няръяна мар
Country: Soviet Union
Located in: Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Population: 24056
Area: 24
Elevation: 64
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Body of water: Pechora
Official website: www.adm-nmar.ru
Image: Lenin's St, Zapolarnaya Stolica, N-Mar.JPG
Dialing code: 81853

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postal code: 166000
Commons category: Naryan-Mar
topic's main category: Category:Naryan-Mar
inception: 1931-01-01
category of associated people: Category:People from Naryan-Mar
twinned administrative body: Usinsk
native label: Няръяна мар
time of earliest written record: 1931-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Administrative and municipal status
Transportation
Climate
References
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==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.

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