Ust-Nera
| Ust-Nera (English) Усть-Нера (Russian) Уус Ньара (Yakut) |
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| Administrative status (as of June 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Oymyakonsky District |
| Settlement | Settlement of Ust-Nera |
| Administrative center of | Oymyakonsky District, Settlement of Ust-Nera |
| Municipal status (as of April 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Oymyakonsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Ust-Nera Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Oymyakonsky Municipal District, Ust-Nera Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 6,463 inhabitants |
| Time zone | VLAT (UTC+10:00) |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1950 |
| Postal code(s) | 678730, 678739 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41154 |
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| 2010 Census | 6,463 |
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| 2002 Census | 9,457 |
| 1989 Census | 12,535 |
| 1979 Census | 10,399 |
Ust-Nera (Russian: Усть-Нера; Yakut: Уус Ньара) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in one of the coldest permanently inhabited regions on Earth, approximately 870 kilometers (540 mi) northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,463.
Ust-Nera is located at the confluence of the Nera and Indigirka Rivers, from which it takes its name (the ust- part means river mouth in Russian). Ust-Nera is located about 200 kilometers (120 mi) north of the selo of Oymyakon, which one of two places in the Sakha Republic (the other being Verkhoyansk) which lays claim to being the northern Pole of Cold, the coldest location in the northern hemisphere.
Ust-Nera was founded in 1937 in conjunction with gold mining and exploration in the Indigirka and Kolyma regions. In the Soviet era, it served as a base for forced labor camps of the gulag. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Nera in 1950.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ust-Nera serves as the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Oymyakonsky District as the Settlement of Ust-Nera. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ust-Nera is incorporated within Oymyakonsky Municipal District as Ust-Nera Urban Settlement.
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