Pechenga
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urban-type settlement in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Murmansk Oblast
- Administrative district
- Pechengsky District
- Elevation
- 5 m (16 ft)
- Total
- 3,188
- Estimate 2023
- 2,021 ( −36.6% )
- Capital of
- Pechengsky District
- Municipal district
- Pechengsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Pechenga Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Dialing code
- +7 81554
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Петсамо
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Pechengsky District
- Population
- 2021
- Area
- 150.55
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Petsamo Province
- Image
- Печенга. Июнь 2015 г. - panoramio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 81554
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- Commons category
- Pechenga
- postal code
- 184410
- different from
- Petsamo
- native label
- Печенга
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Fishing Boats at the Pechenga by Konstantin Korovin
Pechenga (Russian: Пече́нга, Russian pronunciation: [pʲɪˈt͡ɕenɡə]; Finnish and Swedish: Petsamo; Norwegian: Petsjenga; Northern Sami: Beahcán; Skolt Sami: Peäccam) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pechenga Urban Settlement of Pechengsky Municipal District. Population: 3,188 (2010 census); 2,959 (2002 census); 2,671 (1989 Soviet census).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pechenga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.