Naryan-Mar
| Naryan-Mar (English) Нарьян-Мар (Russian) Няръяна марˮ (Nenets) |
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 Top left: Nenets Autonomous Federal Hall; top right; Zapolyarnaya Stolitsa Avenue; second from the top: Naryan-Mar post office; second from the bottom: Town Administration building; bottom left: a church in Naryan-Mar; bottom right: culture center |
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.svg) Location of Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of April 2015) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar |
| Administrative center of | Nenets Autonomous Okrug, city of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar |
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| Urban okrug | Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Tatiana Fedorova |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 21,658 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Postal code(s) | 166000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81853 |
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Naryan-Mar (Russian: Нарья́н-Мар; Nenets: Няръянa марˮ, Nyar'yana marq, lit. "red town") is a sea and river port town and the administrative center of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town is situated on the right bank of the Pechora River, 110 kilometers (68 mi) upstream from the river's mouth, on the Barents Sea. Naryan-Mar lies north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 21,658 (2010 Census);18,611 (2002 Census);20,182 (1989 Census); 17,000 (1973).
Industrial development in the area around Naryan-Mar began in 1930, in the course of the First Five-Year Plan of the Soviet Union. The growth of the region was the direct result of the development of the Pechora coalfield and the construction of related industrial infrastructure.
Naryan-Mar was for many years a center of the lumber industry, and possesses several large, and currently defunct, lumber mills. At present, the biggest employer in the town is the petroleum company LUKoil.
The town's importance derives from being the only developed commercial port in an area of several thousand square miles. As a result, Naryan-Mar has a reasonably well developed tourist and hospitality services, with several saunas and hotels. The town also hosts a local museum, a large World War II memorial, an Orthodox church, and a historic district which predates the foundation of the modern city. Sports fishing is also possible in the area.
Naryan-Mar is the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar is incorporated as Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug.
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