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Anadyr (town)

Anadyr (English)
Анадырь (Russian)
Кагыргын (Chukchi)
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Centre: Trinity Cathedral.
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Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Anadyr is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Anadyr
Anadyr
Location of Anadyr in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 64°44′N 177°31′E / 64.733°N 177.517°E / 64.733; 177.517Coordinates: 64°44′N 177°31′E / 64.733°N 177.517°E / 64.733; 177.517
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Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of June 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Administratively subordinated to Town of okrug significance of Anadyr
Administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,Anadyrsky District, town of okrug significance of Anadyr
Municipal status (as of November 2004)
Urban okrug Anadyr Urban Okrug
Administrative center of Anadyr Urban Okrug, Anadyrsky Municipal District
Head (Mayor) Andrey Shchegolkov
Representative body Council of Deputies
Statistics
Area (town) (January 2012) 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 13,045 inhabitants
Population (January 2016 est.) 14,899 inhabitants
Density 652/km2 (1,690/sq mi)
Time zone PETT (UTC+12:00)
Founded 1889
Town status since 1965
Previous names Novo–Mariinsk (until 1923)
Postal code(s) 689000, 689700
Dialing code(s) +7 42722
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Anadyr (Russian: Ана́дырь; Chukchi: Кагыргын, Kagyrgyn) is a port town and the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located at the mouth of the Anadyr River, on the tip of the southern promontory that protrudes into Anadyrsky Liman. Anadyr is the easternmost town in Russia (more easterly locations, such as Provideniya and Uelen, do not have town status). Population: 13,045 (2010 Census), with an estimated population as of 1 January 2015 of 14,326.

Although the town itself has only been in existence for just over a century, the origins of the name Anadyr are much older. The name initially derives from the Yukaghir word "any-an" meaning "river". When Semyon Dezhnev met Yukaghir peoples in the area and the indigenous name was corrupted to form "Onandyr", later Anadyrsk, the name of the ostrog (fort) upstream of the present-day settlement, from which the current name is derived. The ostrog was the only Russian settlement east of the Kolyma River on the Chukotka Peninsula for most of the 18th century, though this original settlement was situated further up the Anadyr River, nearer to Markovo than the site of the current town.


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