Anadyr (town)

Anadyr (Russian Анадырь, Chukchi Кагыргын ) is the capital of the Autonomous Okrug of the Chukchi in Russia with 13,045 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

The port city is located on the coast of the Bering Sea at the mouth of the Anadyr in the Bay of Anadyr. Thus it has connection to the Bering Strait.

Economy

The fishing port of Anadyr is located on the inside of the bay ( Anadyrgolf ), facing the swimming pool. After the continual downward trend of the 1990s, several new facilities, including a farm operation for laying hens whose production is about 800,000 eggs per year, and the undeveloped in 2001 natural gas field developed after the turn of the millennium at the Zapadnoje ozero ( West Lake ), with the Anadyr by 2002, this pipeline is connected. In the same year the new building of the regional parliament was completed, the existing " Hotel Chukotka " was renovated and given a further in order.

History

The city was founded on August 3, 1889 as Novo- Marinsk ( Ново - Мариинск ), which - was named after Empress Maria Alexandrovna of - as well as the West Siberian city Marinsk.

1923 received the settlement after the river the name of Anadyr, named as the 17th century by Semyon Deschnjow upriver built Fort After the establishment of the Autonomous Okrug (initially as " National District " ) in 1930 Anadyr in 1932 its administrative center.

Demographics

Note: Census data