{{Short description|Urban-type settlement in Russia}} {{Other places}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Zyryanka |ru_name=Зырянка |loc_name1=Зырянка |loc_lang1=Yakut |image_skyline=Зырянка 2008.jpg |image_caption=Aerial view of Zyryanka |coordinates = {{coord|65|45|N|150|54|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=left |image_coa=Герб Зырянки.gif |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Zyryanka (Yakutia).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sakha Republic |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_district_jur=Verkhnekolymsky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Settlement of Zyryanka |adm_selsoviet_type=Settlement |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Verkhnekolymsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of2=Settlement of Zyryanka |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=Verkhnekolymsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_mun1">Law #173-Z #353-III</ref> |urban_settlement_jur=Zyryanka Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_mun1" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Verkhnekolymsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="Ref411">Law #172-Z #351-III</ref> |mun_admctr_of2=Zyryanka 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=3170 |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=1940 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=678769, 678770 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} {{Infobox |bodystyle=width:23.5em; |title=Zyryanka population |label1=2010 Census |data1=3,170<ref name="2010Census" /> |label2=2002 Census |data2=3,749<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref> |label3=1989 Census |data3=6,687<ref name="1989Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1989Census}}</ref> |label4=1979 Census |data4=5,749<ref name="1979Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1979Census}}</ref> }} '''Zyryanka''' ({{langx|ru|Зыря́нка}}; {{langx|sah|Зырянка}}, ''Zıryanka'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, on the left bank of the Kolyma River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,170.<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>
==History== It was founded in 1937 in connection with the development of coal deposits{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1940.<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 Zyryanka<ref name="StatusNote">According to Article 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'', Zyryanka is the administrative center of the Settlement of Zyryanka.</ref> serves as the administrative center of Verkhnekolymsky District.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Verkhnekolymsky District as the '''Settlement of Zyryanka'''.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> As a municipal division, the Settlement of Zyryanka is incorporated within Verkhnekolymsky Municipal District as '''Zyryanka Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="SakhaR_mun1"/>
==Economy== Coal mining is central to the economy of the region.<ref name="Armstrong2011">{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Terence|title=The Northern Sea Route: Soviet Exploitation of the North East Passage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8X6qJheTptkC&pg=PA85|access-date=December 21, 2015|date=June 9, 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-23263-0|page=85}}</ref> Zyryanka is home to OAO Kolyma Shipping Company, which is engaged in coal transportation and importation of industrial goods and foodstuffs.
===Transportation=== Zyryanka is served by the Zyryanka Airport (main) and the Zyryanka West Airport (secondary).<ref name="Airports">{{cite web|title=Zyryanka Airport|url=http://www.ourairports.com/airports/UESU/|publisher=OurAirports|access-date=January 20, 2013|archive-date=September 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911194959/http://ourairports.com/airports/UESU/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Climate== Zyryanka has a subarctic climate (Köppen ''Dfc''), with extremely cold winters and mild summers. Precipitation is highest in the summer and lowest in late winter or spring.
{{Weather box|width=auto |location=Zyryanka |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan record high C=-8.2 |Feb record high C=-4.9 |Mar record high C=4.0 |Apr record high C=13.7 |May record high C=27.5 |Jun record high C=33.8 |Jul record high C=36.8 |Aug record high C=33.0 |Sep record high C=26.5 |Oct record high C=15.0 |Nov record high C=0.4 |Dec record high C=-4.7 |Jan high C=-32.8 |Feb high C=-28.8 |Mar high C=-17.2 |Apr high C=-4.0 |May high C=9.5 |Jun high C=19.9 |Jul high C = 22.0 |Aug high C = 17.4 |Sep high C = 8.8 |Oct high C = -6.2 |Nov high C = -21.9 |Dec high C = -31.3 |Jan mean C = -36.1 |Feb mean C = -33.2 |Mar mean C = -23.5 |Apr mean C = -10.3 |May mean C = 4.2 |Jun mean C = 13.9 |Jul mean C = 16.3 |Aug mean C = 12.2 |Sep mean C = 4.6 |Oct mean C = -9.4 |Nov mean C = -24.9 |Dec mean C = -34.2 |Jan low C = -39.4 |Feb low C = -37.4 |Mar low C = -29.8 |Apr low C = -17.4 |May low C = -0.9 |Jun low C = 8.7 |Jul low C = 11.4 |Aug low C = 7.8 |Sep low C = 1.2 |Oct low C = -12.6 |Nov low C = -28.2 |Dec low C = -37.4 |Jan record low C = -55.6 |Feb record low C = -54.8 |Mar record low C = -51.9 |Apr record low C = -40.6 |May record low C = -26.4 |Jun record low C = -7.2 |Jul record low C = -0.2 |Aug record low C = -4.3 |Sep record low C = -12.3 |Oct record low C = -34.8 |Nov record low C = -50.2 |Dec record low C = -54.4 |Jan precipitation mm = 14 |Feb precipitation mm = 14 |Mar precipitation mm = 12 |Apr precipitation mm = 10 |May precipitation mm = 17 |Jun precipitation mm = 37 |Jul precipitation mm = 53 |Aug precipitation mm = 51 |Sep precipitation mm = 39 |Oct precipitation mm = 27 |Nov precipitation mm = 27 |Dec precipitation mm = 18 |year precipitation mm = 319 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 16.6 |Feb precipitation days = 16.4 |Mar precipitation days = 16.6 |Apr precipitation days = 9.1 |May precipitation days = 8.5 |Jun precipitation days = 11.4 |Jul precipitation days = 11.5 |Aug precipitation days = 13.1 |Sep precipitation days = 13.7 |Oct precipitation days = 18.7 |Nov precipitation days = 18.2 |Dec precipitation days = 18.7 |Jan humidity = 81.1 |Feb humidity = 81.0 |Mar humidity = 76.9 |Apr humidity = 72.1 |May humidity = 66.2 |Jun humidity = 67.7 |Jul humidity = 71.7 |Aug humidity = 79.3 |Sep humidity = 80.5 |Oct humidity = 85.3 |Nov humidity = 85.4 |Dec humidity = 82.4 |Jan sun = 6.2 |Feb sun = 70.0 |Mar sun = 189.1 |Apr sun = 315.0 |May sun = 300.7 |Jun sun = 312.0 |Jul sun = 322.4 |Aug sun = 207.7 |Sep sun = 138.0 |Oct sun = 71.3 |Nov sun = 33.0 |Dec sun = 0.0 |source 1 = climatebase.ru (1936-2012)<ref name="climatebase">{{cite web|title=Zyrjanka, Russia|url=http://climatebase.ru/station/25400/?lang=en|publisher=Climatebase.ru|access-date=January 21, 2013}}</ref> |source 2 = NOAA (precipitation only, 1961–1990)<ref name="NOAA">{{Cite FTP |title=Climate Normals for Zyrjanka|url=ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/RA/25400.TXT|server=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref> }}
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001604/http://sakha.gov.ru/node/12522 Verkhnekolymsky District]. {{in lang|ru}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sa|mun|list0}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sa|mun|list1}}
{{Sakha Republic}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2011}}
Category:Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic Category:Road-inaccessible communities of the Sakha Republic Category:Kolyma basin