Country Russia Administrative district Oymyakonsky District Founded 1937 | Federal subject Sakha Republic Settlement Settlement of Ust-Nera | |
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Administrative center of Oymyakonsky District, Settlement of Ust-Nera Municipal district Oymyakonsky Municipal District | ||
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.
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Map of Ust-Nera, Sakha Republic, Russia, 678730
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.