Nyurba

coat of arms
Federal district	far East
republic	Sakha (Yakutia)
Ulus	Nyurba
Founded	1930
City since	1998
surface	19 km²
population	10,157 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	535 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	110 m
Time zone	UTC + 9
Telephone code	(+7) 41134
Post Code	678450
License Plate	14th
OKATO	98 409
Website	admnyurba.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates	63 ° 17 ' N , 118 ° 20' E Coordinates: 63 ° 17 '0 " N , 118 ° 20' 0" E
	Situation in Russia
	Location in the Sakha Republic
	List of cities in Russia

Nyurba ( Russian Нюрба , Yakut Ньурба ) is a small town in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) ( Russia ) with 10,157 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Central Yakut Lowlands , about 850 km northwest of the republic capital Yakutsk , on the river Vilyui , a left tributary of the Lena . The climate is continental.

The city of Nyurba is administratively directly subordinate to the republic and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name (Ulus).

Njurba has an airport and a pier at the Wiljui.

history

A place in the place of today's city has been known since the middle of the 18th century. The modern settlement was built in 1930. In the 1950s it became the basis for exploring the West Yakut diamond deposits . In 1958 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1998 city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	1,962
1959	6,612
1970	10,044
1979	10,580
1989	11,934
2002	10,309
2010	10.157

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Since 1978 there has been a museum of friendship between peoples in Nyurba.

economy

The state-owned Russian diamond company ALROSA maintains a diamond grinding shop in Nyurba. The place is a regional transport and supply base (including a fuel store). There is also food and light industry, and agriculture in the area.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

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

Rajon Administration website (Russian)
Nyurba on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

[einwohner_aktuell-1] Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)


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