Anadyr (town)
| Anadyr (English) Анадырь (Russian) Кагыргын (Chukchi) |
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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 |
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| 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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