Bilibino

city Bilibino Билибино coat of arms Federal district far East region Chukchi Autonomous Okrug Rajon Bilibinski head Svetlana Dmitrievna Tolstaya Founded 1955 City since 1993 surface 18  km² population 5506 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 306 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 300  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 42738 Post Code 689450 License Plate 87 OKATO 77 209 501 Geographical location Coordinates 68 ° 3 '  N , 166 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 68 ° 3 '15 "  N , 166 ° 27' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

List of cities in Russia

Aerial view of Bilibino

Bilibino ( Russian Били́бино ) is a small town in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug in northeast Siberia . It has 5506 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010, with the districts of Krutoi and Keperweem) and is located on the Keperweem River, 653 km northwest of the Oblast capital Anadyr .

Bilibino is the location of the Bilibino nuclear power plant , which is the only nuclear power plant in the world in an area with permafrost . The power plant was put into operation in 1974 and has four reactors with a capacity of 12 MW each. There is a monitoring station of the SDKM system on site.

The landscape around Bilibino is the transition zone between the coniferous forest and the tundra in the Chuwan Mountains. The region and the valleys of the Little Anjui and the Keperweem were relocated by Russians and Jukagirs in the 19th century, after only Chukchi lived there since around the year 1000. In the 20th century the area was developed industrially, several mining settlements, including Bilibino, were founded. The district of Bilibino has practically no road network, only the main town itself and the neighboring towns of Krutoi and Keperweem, where there is an airfield, are connected by all-weather slopes. There is a winter slope from Nizhnekolymsk in Yakutia via Bilibino to Pewek .

The place is named after the geologist Juri Bilibin . It was founded in 1955 after gold was found in the region. In 1958 Bilibino received the status of an urban settlement and became a city in 1993.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	635
1970	10,693
1979	12,711
1989	15,558
2002	6.181
2010	5,506

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

• Igor Shuvalov (* 1967), politician

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Čislennostʹ naselenija gorodskich naselennych dotov, selʹskich naselennych dotov po Čukotskomu avtonomnomu okrugu. (Population of urban settlements, rural settlements in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug.) Download from the website of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug of the Federal Service of State Statistics of the Russian Federation

Web links

Commons : Bilibino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Rajons (Russian)
• Information about the city (Russian)