Neryungri
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Neryungri is the second largest town in the Sakha Republic, Russia
. Population:
Municipally, the town is incorporated as Neryungrinsky Municipal District .
It was founded in 1975 due to the development of the nearby coal
basin. The name "Neryungri" comes from the Evenk
word for grayling
.
It is the center of a large coal field discovered about 1970. It is on the Amur Yakutsk Mainline
and the Lena Highway
, 202 km by rail north of Tynda
. Neraby, all in the coal basin, are Berkakit
: 10 km south; Serebryany Bor
: 8 km east with a thermal coal power plant; Chulman
: 30 km north, with Chulman Airport; and a large open pit coal mine northwest across the Chulman River.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Population:
Municipally, the town is incorporated as Neryungrinsky Municipal District .
It was founded in 1975 due to the development of the nearby coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
basin. The name "Neryungri" comes from the Evenk
Evenks
The Evenks are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia. In Russia, the Evenks are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 35,527...
word for grayling
Grayling (species)
The grayling is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus. Native to the Palearctic ecozone, the grayling is widespread throughout northern Europe, from the United Kingdom and France to the Ural Mountains in Russia...
.
It is the center of a large coal field discovered about 1970. It is on the Amur Yakutsk Mainline
Amur Yakutsk Mainline
The Amur-Yakutsk Mainline is a partially complete railway in eastern Russia, linking the Trans-Siberian Railway and Baikal-Amur Mainline with the Sakha Republic....
and the Lena Highway
Lena Highway
M56 Lena Highway or The Amur-Yakutsk Highway – a federal highway in the Sakha Republic , Russia, connecting Yakutsk with the Trans-Siberian Railway corridor near Skovorodino. It runs parallel to the incomplete Amur Yakutsk Mainline railway. It takes its name from the Lena River, which runs more...
, 202 km by rail north of Tynda
Tynda
Tynda is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is an important railway junction, often referred to as the capital of the BAM. The name is of Evenk origin, tendy translating roughly as on the river bank. Population: -Geography:...
. Neraby, all in the coal basin, are Berkakit
Berkakit
Berkakit is an urban locality in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located south of Yakutsk, on both the Amur Yakutsk Mainline and Amur Yakutsk highway. Population:...
: 10 km south; Serebryany Bor
Serebryany Bor
Serebryany Bor is an urban locality in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located north of Neryungri on the Amur Yakutsk Mainline. Population: There is a hydropower plant in the settlement....
: 8 km east with a thermal coal power plant; Chulman
Chulman
Chulman is an urban locality in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Chulman River, about north of Neryungri...
: 30 km north, with Chulman Airport; and a large open pit coal mine northwest across the Chulman River.