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Ust-Nera

Urban-type settlement in Sakha Republic, Russia

Ust-Nera Усть-Нера
Urban-type settlement[1]
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• Yakut	Уус Ньара
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Location of Ust-Nera
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Coordinates: 64°35′N 143°15′E / 64.583°N 143.250°E / 64.583; 143.250
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[2]
Administrative district	Oymyakonsky District[2]
Settlement	Settlement of Ust-Nera[2]
Founded	1937
Urban-type settlement status since	1950[2]
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	6,463
Administrative status
• Capitalof	Oymyakonsky District,[2] Settlement of Ust-Nera[2]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Oymyakonsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Ust-Nera Urban Settlement[4]
• Capitalof	Oymyakonsky Municipal District,[5] Ust-Nera Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+10 (MSK+7 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	678730, 678739
Dialing code(s)	+7 41154
OKTMOID	98639151051

Ust-Nera (Russian: Усть-Нера; Yakut: Уус Ньара, romanized: Uus Ñara) is an urban locality (anurban-type settlement) and the administrative centerofOymyakonsky DistrictinYakutia, Russia. Located in one of the coldest permanently inhabited regions on Earth, Ust-Nera is approximately 870 kilometers (540 mi) northeast of the republic's capital, Yakutsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,463.^[3]

Ust-Nera is located at the confluence of the Nera and Indigirka Rivers, from which it takes its name (the ust- part means river mouthinRussian). Ust-Nera is located about 200 kilometers (120 mi) north of the seloofOymyakon, which is one of two places in the Sakha Republic (the other being Verkhoyansk) that lays claim to being the northern Pole of Cold, the coldest location in the northern hemisphere.

The Tas-Kystabyt, Silyap Range and the Nera Plateau are located in the district.

Ust-Nera has an extremely cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwd) with short, mild, wet summers with chilly nights, and severely cold, dry winters.

Ust-Nera was founded in 1937 in conjunction with gold mining and exploration in the Indigirka and Kolyma regions.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[2]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ust-Nera^[1] serves as the administrative centerofOymyakonsky District.^[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Oymyakonsky District as the Settlement of Ust-Nera.^[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ust-Nera is incorporated within Oymyakonsky Municipal District as Ust-Nera Urban Settlement.^[4]

Gold mining is the main occupation. The Kolyma Highway was extended northwest to Ust-Nera in 1937; this section is now the main route between Yakutsk and Magadan. The Ust-Nera Airport is serving air traffic. River traffic on the Indigirka is limited by the rapids 100 kilometers (62 mi) downstream.

There is a small museum in Ust-Nera.

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Oymyakonsky District. (in Russian)
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №172-З №351-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1535-З №597-V от 27 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 1 и 2 Закона Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #172-Z No. 351-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1535-Z No. 597-V of November 27, 2015 On Amending Articles 1 and 2 of the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).