Pechenga (urban-type settlement), Murmansk Oblast

Pechenga (English) Печенга (Russian)
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Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia
Pechenga Location of Pechenga in Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 69°33′38″N 31°13′40″E / 69.56056°N 31.22778°E / 69.56056; 31.22778Coordinates: 69°33′38″N 31°13′40″E / 69.56056°N 31.22778°E / 69.56056; 31.22778
Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast
Administrative district	Pechengsky District
Administrative center of	Pechengsky District
Municipal status
Municipal district	Pechengsky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Pechenga Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	3,188 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Postal code(s)	184410
Dialing code(s)	+7 81554
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Pechenga (Russian: Пече́нга; Finnish and Swedish: Petsamo; Norwegian: Petsjenga; Northern Sami: Beahcán; Skolt Sami: Peäccam) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pechenga Urban Settlement of Pechengsky Municipal District. Population: 3,188 (2010 Census);2,959 (2002 Census);2,671 (1989 Census).

The Pechenga area was indigenously inhabited by the Sami people. In 1533, it became part of Russia. In 1920, the area became part of Finland. The area was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944.

The settlement was founded as the Pechenga Monastery in 1533 at the influx of the Pechenga River into the Barents Sea, 135 km west of modern Murmansk, by St. Tryphon of Pechenga, a monk from Novgorod.

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