Ust-Nera
title: "Ust-Nera" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["urban-type-settlements-in-the-sakha-republic", "indigirka-basin"] topic_path: "general/urban-type-settlements-in-the-sakha-republic" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ust-Nera" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Ust-Nera |
| ru_name | Усть-Нера |
| loc_name1 | Уус Ньара |
| loc_lang1 | Yakut |
| image_skyline | Усть-Нера. Вид с горы..jpg |
| image_caption | View of Ust-Nera |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | top |
| federal_subject | Sakha Republic |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Oymyakonsky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_selsoviet_jur | Settlement of Ust-Nera |
| adm_selsoviet_type | Settlement |
| adm_selsoviet_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of1 | Oymyakonsky District |
| adm_ctr_of1_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of2 | Settlement of Ust-Nera |
| adm_ctr_of2_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Urban-type settlement |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Oymyakonsky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Ust-Nera Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of1 | Oymyakonsky Municipal District |
| mun_admctr_of1_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of2 | Ust-Nera Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of2_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 6463 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| established_date | 1937 |
| current_cat_date | 1950 |
| current_cat_date_ref | |
| postal_codes | 678730, 678739 |
| dialing_codes | 41154 |
| :: |
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From 1949 to 1957 a branch of the Indigir camp was located near Ust-Nera. In 2001 a monument was erected in memory of its prisoners.
Geography
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 km north of the selo of Oymyakon, 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.
Climate
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.
|location = Ust-Nera |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan high C = -40.1 |Feb high C = -35.1 |Mar high C = -21.4 |Apr high C = -5.4 |May high C = 7.3 |Jun high C = 18.7 |Jul high C = 21.0 |Aug high C = 18.0 |Sep high C = 8.8 |Oct high C = -9.2 |Nov high C = -30.2 |Dec high C = -39.4 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -44.0 |Feb mean C = -40.7 |Mar mean C = -30.4 |Apr mean C = -14.9 |May mean C = 0.7 |Jun mean C = 11.1 |Jul mean C = 13.3 |Aug mean C = 10.2 |Sep mean C = 2.5 |Oct mean C = -14.7 |Nov mean C = -34.5 |Dec mean C = -43.0 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -47.9 |Feb low C = -46.2 |Mar low C = -39.3 |Apr low C = -24.3 |May low C = -5.8 |Jun low C = 3.5 |Jul low C = 5.7 |Aug low C = 2.4 |Sep low C = -3.7 |Oct low C = -20.1 |Nov low C = -38.8 |Dec low C = -46.5 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 8 |Feb precipitation mm = 7 |Mar precipitation mm = 4 |Apr precipitation mm = 7 |May precipitation mm = 17 |Jun precipitation mm = 37 |Jul precipitation mm = 55 |Aug precipitation mm = 45 |Sep precipitation mm = 24 |Oct precipitation mm = 14 |Nov precipitation mm = 11 |Dec precipitation mm = 8 |year precipitation = |date=May 2013|source=http://en.climate-data.org/location/28842/}}
History
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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.
Administrative and municipal status
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.
Economy
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 km downstream.
Culture
There is a small museum in Ust-Nera.
References
Notes
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Oymyakonsky District.
References
- Law #173-Z #353-III
- Law #172-Z #351-III
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- (August 3, 2014). "Ust-Nera* Indigirlag prisoners".
- ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
- According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Ust-Nera is the administrative center of the Settlement of Ust-Nera.
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