Kayerkan , located in the northern part of Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...

, Russia

Russia

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 and in the southern part of the Taymyr Peninsula

Taymyr Peninsula

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, was a town under jurisdiction of Norilsk

Norilsk

Norilsk is an industrial city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located between the Yenisei River and the Taymyr Peninsula. Population: It was granted city status in 1953. It is the northernmost city in Siberia and the world's second largest city north of the Arctic Circle...

 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

Russian Census (2002)

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); 27,881 (1989 Census

Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet census, conducted between January 12-19 of that year, was the last one conducted in the former USSR. It resulted in a total population of 286,730,819 inhabitants...

).

The settlement of Kayerkan was established in 1943 in relation with coal mining in the area. It was granted status of work settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

in 1957, and that of a town in 1982.

Demographic Evolution
Year	1959	1970	1979	1989	2002	2005
Population	5.200	4.700	18.000	27.800	27.100	27.300