Kayerkan
Kayerkan
Кайерка́н | |
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Ice Sports Palace in Kayerkan | |
Location of Kayerkan | |
| Coordinates: 69°22′N 87°44′E / 69.367°N 87.733°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Founded | 1943 |
| Population | |
• Total | 27,116 |
| • Subordinated to | krai city of Norilsk |
| • Capital of | krai city of Norilsk |
| • Urban okrug | Norilsk Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Norilsk Urban Okrug |
| Postal code(s) | 663340, 663341 |
| Website | www |
Kayerkan (Russian: Кайерка́н), located in the northern part of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia and in the southern part of the Taymyr Peninsula, was a town under jurisdiction of Norilsk in 1982–2005. In 2005, the town was incorporated into Norilsk, even though it is located 20 km away from its center. Population: 27,116 (2002 Census); 27,881 (1989 Census).