Kayerkan
Кайерка́н
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Ice Sports Palace in Kayerkan
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Location of Kayerkan  | |
  Kayerkan Location of Kayerkan Show map of Russia Kayerkan Kayerkan (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Show map of Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Coordinates: 69°22′N 87°44′E / 69.367°N 87.733°E / 69.367; 87.733 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Founded | 1943 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 27,116 |
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| • Subordinated to | krai city of Norilsk |
| • Capitalof | krai city of Norilsk |
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| • Urban okrug | Norilsk Urban Okrug |
| • Capitalof | Norilsk Urban Okrug |
| Postal code(s)[2] |
663340, 663341
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| Website | www |
Kayerkan (Russian: Кайерка́н), located in the northern part of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia and in the southern part of the Taymyr Peninsula, was a town under jurisdiction of Norilsk in 1982–2005. In 2005, the town was incorporated into Norilsk, even though it is located 20 km away from its center. Population: 27,116 (2002 Census); 27,881 (1989 Census).
The settlement of Kayerkan was established in 1943 in relation with coal mining in the area. It was granted status of work settlement in 1957, and that of a town in 1982.
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| Year | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002 | 2010 | 2021 |
| Population | 5,167 | 4,748 | 18,013 | 27,881 | 27,116 | 22,338 | 21,193 |
| Change | - | -8.1% | 279.4% | 54.8% | -2.7% | -17.6% | -5.1% |
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