Nikel
| Nikel (English) Никель (Russian) |
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 mid-July 2011 view of Nikel |
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.svg) Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Pechengsky District |
| Administrative center of | Pechengsky District |
| Municipal status (as of November 2009) | |
| Municipal district | Pechengsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Nikel Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Nikel Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 12,756 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81554 |
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Nikel (Russian: Ни́кель, lit. nickel; Finnish: Kolosjoki) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Kuets-Yarvi 196 kilometers (122 mi) northwest of Murmansk and 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from the Norwegian border on 
. Population: 12,756 (2010 Census);16,534 (2002 Census);21,838 (1989 Census); 18,000 (1973).
In the 1920 Treaty of Tartu, Soviet Russia ceded the area of Petsamo to Finland. In the 1930s huge reserves of nickel were found on fells nearby. The amount was estimated to be five million tons. In 1934, the Finnish Government awarded the mining right to the British Mond Nickel Co, subsidiary of International Nickel Co (Inco), that founded the Petsamon Nikkeli Oy mining company. The company began building a railway, as well as other infrastructure, between the town, then known as Kolosjoki, and Liinahamari harbor.
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