{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Ust-Nera |ru_name=Усть-Нера |loc_name1=Уус Ньара |loc_lang1=Yakut |image_skyline=Усть-Нера. Вид с горы..jpg |image_caption=View of Ust-Nera |coordinates = {{coord|64|35|N|143|15|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=top |image_coa= |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sakha Republic |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_district_jur=Oymyakonsky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Settlement of Ust-Nera |adm_selsoviet_type=Settlement |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Oymyakonsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of2=Settlement of Ust-Nera |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |inhabloc_cat=Urban-type settlement |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="StatusNote" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Oymyakonsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_mun1">Law #173-Z #353-III</ref> |urban_settlement_jur=Ust-Nera Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_mun1" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Oymyakonsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="Ref411">Law #172-Z #351-III</ref> |mun_admctr_of2=Ust-Nera Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_mun1" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=6463 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=1937 |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1950 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=678730, 678739 |dialing_codes=41154 |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Ust-Nera''' ({{langx|ru|Усть-Нера|}}; {{langx|sah|Уус Ньара|translit=Uus Ņara}}) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District in Yakutia, Russia. Located in one of the coldest permanently inhabited regions on Earth, Ust-Nera is approximately {{convert|870|km|sp=us}} northeast of the republic's capital, Yakutsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was&nbsp;6,463.<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>{{Historical populations|7=1959|8=10789|9=1970|10=7820|11=1979|12=10399|13=1989|14=12535|15=2002|16=9457|17=2010|18=6463|19=2021|20=4228|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}

From 1949 to 1957 a branch of the Indigir camp was located near Ust-Nera. In 2001 a monument was erected in memory of its prisoners.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ust-Nera* Indigirlag prisoners | date=August 3, 2014 | url=https://en.mapofmemory.org/14-14 }}</ref>

==Geography== Ust-Nera is located at the confluence of the Nera and Indigirka Rivers, from which it takes its name (the ''ust-'' part means ''river mouth'' in Russian). Ust-Nera is located about {{convert|200|km|sp=us}} north of the ''selo'' of Oymyakon, which is one of two places in the Sakha Republic (the other being Verkhoyansk) that lays claim to being the northern Pole of Cold, the coldest location in the northern hemisphere.

The Tas-Kystabyt, Silyap Range and the Nera Plateau are located in the district.

==Climate== Ust-Nera has an extremely cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dwd)'' with short, mild, wet summers with chilly nights, and severely cold, dry winters.

{{Weather box |location = Ust-Nera |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan high C = -40.1 |Feb high C = -35.1 |Mar high C = -21.4 |Apr high C = -5.4 |May high C = 7.3 |Jun high C = 18.7 |Jul high C = 21.0 |Aug high C = 18.0 |Sep high C = 8.8 |Oct high C = -9.2 |Nov high C = -30.2 |Dec high C = -39.4 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -44.0 |Feb mean C = -40.7 |Mar mean C = -30.4 |Apr mean C = -14.9 |May mean C = 0.7 |Jun mean C = 11.1 |Jul mean C = 13.3 |Aug mean C = 10.2 |Sep mean C = 2.5 |Oct mean C = -14.7 |Nov mean C = -34.5 |Dec mean C = -43.0 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -47.9 |Feb low C = -46.2 |Mar low C = -39.3 |Apr low C = -24.3 |May low C = -5.8 |Jun low C = 3.5 |Jul low C = 5.7 |Aug low C = 2.4 |Sep low C = -3.7 |Oct low C = -20.1 |Nov low C = -38.8 |Dec low C = -46.5 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 8 |Feb precipitation mm = 7 |Mar precipitation mm = 4 |Apr precipitation mm = 7 |May precipitation mm = 17 |Jun precipitation mm = 37 |Jul precipitation mm = 55 |Aug precipitation mm = 45 |Sep precipitation mm = 24 |Oct precipitation mm = 14 |Nov precipitation mm = 11 |Dec precipitation mm = 8 |year precipitation = |date=May 2013|source=http://en.climate-data.org/location/28842/}}

==History== thumb|left|Ust-Nera flood of 1959

Ust-Nera was founded in 1937 in conjunction with gold mining and exploration in the Indigirka and Kolyma regions.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} In the Soviet era, it served as a base for forced labor camps of the gulag. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Nera in 1950.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist">''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''</ref>

==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ust-Nera<ref name="StatusNote">According to Article&nbsp;7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Ust-Nera is the administrative center of the Settlement of Ust-Nera.</ref> serves as the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Oymyakonsky District as the '''Settlement of Ust-Nera'''.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ust-Nera is incorporated within Oymyakonsky Municipal District as '''Ust-Nera Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="SakhaR_mun1"/>

==Economy== Gold mining is the main occupation. The Kolyma Highway was extended northwest to Ust-Nera in 1937; this section is now the main route between Yakutsk and Magadan. The Ust-Nera Airport is serving air traffic. River traffic on the Indigirka is limited by the rapids {{convert|100|km|sp=us}} downstream.

==Culture== There is a small museum in Ust-Nera.

==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== *Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''. [http://sakha.gov.ru/node/12540 Oymyakonsky District]. {{in lang|ru}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sa|mun|list0}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sa|mun|list1}}

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Category:Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic Category:Indigirka basin