Dudinka
| Dudinka (English) Дудинка (Russian) Тут'ын (Nenets) ?Дудинка? (Dolgan) |
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 Clockwise: Dudinka Port, Aerial view of Dudinka; House of Culture |
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| Administrative status (as of December 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Administrative district | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District |
| District town | Dudinka |
| Administrative center of | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, district town of Dudinka |
| Municipal status (as of February 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Dudinka Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky Municipal District, Dudinka Urban Settlement |
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| Area | 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 22,175 inhabitants |
| Density | 2,112/km2 (5,470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00) |
| Founded | 1667 |
| Town status since | 1951 |
| Postal code(s) | 647000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 39191 |
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Dudinka (Russian: Дуди́нка, Nenets: Тут'ын) is a town on the Yenisei river and the administrative center of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It used to be the administrative center of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, which was merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai on January 1, 2007. Population: 22,175 (2010 Census);25,132 (2002 Census);32,325 (1989 Census).
It was founded in 1667 as a winter settlement connected to Mangazeya. In 1930 it was designated the administrative center of the Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets National Region. In 1935, the polar explorer Otto Shmidt recommended that the settlement be expanded into a town. By 1937, the port facilities and a railroad to Norilsk were completed. Town status was granted in 1951.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dudinka serves as the administrative center of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District as the district town of Dudinka. As a municipal division, the district town of Dudinka is incorporated within Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky Municipal District as Dudinka Urban Settlement.
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