Nyurba
# Nyurba

Nyurba (Russian: Нюрба, IPA:; Yakut: Ньурба, Ñurba IPA:) is a town and the administrative center of Nyurbinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Vilyuy River, a right-hand tributary of the Lena, 846 kilometers (526 mi) northwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,157.

## History

Nyurba was founded in 1930, although the area has been settled since the mid-18th century. In the 1950s, it grew rapidly as a base for exploration of the nearby diamond deposits, and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1958. Town status was granted to it in 1997.

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nyurba serves as the administrative center of Nyurbinsky District. As an inhabited locality, Nyurba is classified as a town under republic jurisdiction. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Nyurbinsky District as the Town of Nyurba. As a municipal division, the Town of Nyurba is incorporated within Nyurbinsky Municipal District as Nyurba Urban Settlement.

## Economy

Production of diamonds is the primary industry in the town, both as the site of a diamond cutting works operated by the state-owned ALROSA company and as its status as a supply town for nearby mining operations.

### Transport

Nyurba is served by the Nyurba Airport (IATA: NYR, ICAO: UENN) and a river port.

## Climate

Nyurba has an extremely cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfc).

Climate data for Nyurba :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | 9.5 (49.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.1 (93.4) | 32.8 (91.0) | 16.1 (61.0) | 3.9 (39.0) | −1.0 (30.2) | 35.2 (95.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −31.2 (−24.2) | −25.5 (−13.9) | −11.9 (10.6) | −0.2 (31.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | −3.7 (25.3) | −21.1 (−6.0) | −29.6 (−21.3) | −3.6 (25.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −35.1 (−31.2) | −31.0 (−23.8) | −19.7 (−3.5) | −6.5 (20.3) | 5.5 (41.9) | 14.4 (57.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | −7.8 (18.0) | −25.4 (−13.7) | −33.4 (−28.1) | −9.0 (15.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −40.2 (−40.4) | −37.7 (−35.9) | −29.0 (−20.2) | −15.3 (4.5) | −1.3 (29.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.4 (48.9) | 6.1 (43.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | −13.2 (8.2) | −31.0 (−23.8) | −38.4 (−37.1) | −15.8 (3.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −61.0 (−77.8) | −58.9 (−74.0) | −50.0 (−58.0) | −42.2 (−44.0) | −18.9 (−2.0) | −6.0 (21.2) | −1.6 (29.1) | −13.8 (7.2) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −38.9 (−38.0) | −55.0 (−67.0) | −60.8 (−77.4) | −61.0 (−77.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25.3 (1.00) | 11.3 (0.44) | 16.5 (0.65) | 13.9 (0.55) | 52.6 (2.07) | 63.4 (2.50) | 62.6 (2.46) | 58.9 (2.32) | 43.3 (1.70) | 45.9 (1.81) | 30.4 (1.20) | 16.5 (0.65) | 440.6 (17.35) |
| Average precipitation days | 19.6 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 18.0 | 172.3 |
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