Chukotka

Chukotka is a region in the and is the northeasternmost region of . Located along the Bering Strait, Chukotka is home to beautiful tundra scenery and the indigenous Chukchi people, butt of many Russian anecdotes.
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, or Kagyrgyn, is a port town, the administrative center, and the largest town of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, . The town is located at the mouth of the River at the tip of a peninsula that protrudes into .

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is an Arctic island in Chukotka in the . For its rare Arctic tundra ecosystem, home to over 400 rare plant species and large quantities of charismatic megafauna, including Pacific walruses, polar bears, and grey whales, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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is a town in Chukotka in the extreme northeast of the country and the northernmost town in Russia.

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is a town and the administrative center of in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, . It is located 625 kilometers northwest of , the administrative center of the autonomous okrug.

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is an urban locality and the administrative center of of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, , located on Komsomolskaya Bay in the northeastern part of the autonomous okrug, across the from , and very close to the International Date Line.

Chukotka

Latitude of center
66.0006° or 66° 0′ 2″ north
Longitude of center
169.4901° or 169° 29′ 24″ east
Population
47,800
Elevation
459 metres (1,506 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2126099
Wiki­data ID
Q7984
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Chukotka” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Чукоттәи автономтә гьежьыра”
  • Afrikaans: “Tsjoekotka”
  • Amharic: “ቹኮትካ”
  • Arabic: “أوكروغ تشوكوتكا الذاتية”
  • Arabic: “أوكروغ تشوكوتكا الذاتيه”
  • Arabic: “تشوكوتكا أوتونوموس أوكروغ”
  • Arabic: “تشوكوتكا أوكروغ”
  • Armenian: “Չուկոտկայի ինքնավար շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Չուկոտկայի ինքնավար օկրուգ”
  • Asturian: “Chukotka”
  • Asturian: “Distritu Autónomu de Chukotka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çukotka Muxtar Dairəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Чукот автономиялы округы”
  • Bashkir: “Чукотка автономиялы округы”
  • Basque: “Txukotk”
  • Basque: “Txukotka”
  • Belarusian: “Чукотка”
  • Belarusian: “Чукоцкая аўтаномная акруга”
  • Bengali: “চুকোটকা স্বায়ত্তশাসিত ওব্লাস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Čukotski autonomni okrug”
  • Bulgarian: “Чукотка”
  • Bulgarian: “Чукотски автономен окръг”
  • Bulgarian: “Чукотски АО”
  • Catalan: “Districte autònom de Txukotka”
  • Catalan: “Districte Autònom de Txukotka”
  • Catalan: “Districte Autònom Txuktxi”
  • Catalan: “Ókrug Autònom de Txukotka”
  • Catalan: “Ókrug Autònoma de Txukotka”
  • Catalan: “Txukotka”
  • Cebuano: “Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug”
  • Chechen: “Чукотийн автономни гуо”
  • Chechen: “Чукчийн автономин гуо”
  • Chinese: “Chukotka Chū-tī-khu”
  • Chinese: “楚科奇”
  • Chinese: “楚科奇自治区”
  • Chinese: “楚科奇自治區”
  • Church Slavic: “Чоукотьскъ автономьнъ окрѫгъ”
  • Chuvash: “Чукотка автономиллĕ тăрăхĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Чукотка автономлă округĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Çukotka muhtar bölgesi”
  • Croatian: “Čukotka”
  • Croatian: “Čukotski autonomni okrug”
  • Czech: “Čukotský autonomní okruh”
  • Danish: “Tjukotkas autonome okrug”
  • Danish: “Tjukotskij autonome okrug”
  • Danish: “Tjuktjien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Çukotka”
  • Dutch: “Tsjoekotka”
  • Eastern Mari: “Чукот автоном йырвел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشوكوتكا”
  • Erzya: “Чукотонь аулькедьало кужомастор”
  • Erzya: “Чукотонь аулькедьало кужомасторось”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉukĉa aŭtonoma distrikto”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉukotka aŭtonoma distrikto”
  • Estonian: “Tšuktšimaa”
  • Finnish: “Tšukotka”
  • French: “District autonome de Tchoukotka”
  • French: “Tchoukotka”
  • Galician: “Chukotka”
  • Georgian: “ჩუკოტკის ავტონომიური ოკრუგი”
  • Georgian: “ჩუკოტკის ავტონომიური ოლქი”
  • German: “Autonomer Kreis der Tschuktschen”
  • German: “Tschukotka”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομος θύλακας Τσουκότκα”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομος Θύλακας Τσουκότκα”
  • Gujarati: “ચુકોત્કા ઓટોનોમસ ઓક્રગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Chukotka Chhṳ-chhṳ-khî”
  • Hausa: “Chukotka”
  • Hebrew: “צ’וקוטקה”
  • Hindi: “चुकोत्का स्वायत्त ओक्रुग”
  • Hungarian: “Csukcsföld”
  • Ido: “Autonoma distrikto Chukotka”
  • Indonesian: “Okrug Otonom Chukotka”
  • Indonesian: “Okrug Otonomi Chukotka”
  • Interlingue: “Okrug autonom de Chukotka”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐅᕇᓄᓈᑦ”
  • Inupiaq: “Chukotka”
  • Inupiaq: “Qulliq”
  • Irish: “Ceantar Féinrialaitheach na Siuicsíoch”
  • Italian: “circondario autonomo della Čukotka”
  • Italian: “Circondario autonomo della Čukotka”
  • Japanese: “チュクチ自治管区”
  • Javanese: “Chukotka”
  • Kalmyk: “Чөкөдин автоном әәмг”
  • Kannada: “ಚುಕೊಟ್ಕಾ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಒಕ್ರುಗ್”
  • Kazakh: “Чукотка”
  • Kirghiz: “Чукча автономия округу”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Чукотка кытш”
  • Korean: “추코트카 자치구”
  • Korean: “추코트카”
  • Korean: “추콧카”
  • Korean: “축치 자치구”
  • Korean: “축치”
  • Ladin: “Okrug Autonom de Ciucotca”
  • Latin: “Districtus autonomus Tschucoticus”
  • Latvian: “Čukotkas autonomais apvidus”
  • Ligurian: “Okrug Autonòmo da Chukotka”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Ocrug autonom de Txucotca”
  • Lithuanian: “Čiukčių autonominė apygarda”
  • Macedonian: “Чукотски автономен округ”
  • Malay: “Negeri autonomi Chukotka”
  • Marathi: “चुकोत्का स्वायत्त ऑक्रूग”
  • Mazanderani: “چوکوتکا شه‌گردون اوکروگ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Chukotka Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chukotka Chū-tī-khu”
  • Mingrelian: “ჩუკოტკაშ ავტონომიური ოკრუგი”
  • Moksha: “Чукотонь автономонь округ”
  • Mongolian: “Чукоткийн өөртөө засах тойрог”
  • Mongolian: “Чукоткын өөртөө засах тойрог”
  • Northern Frisian: “Autonoom Kreis faan a Tschuktschen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tsjukotka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tsjukotka”
  • Norwegian: “Tsjukotka”
  • Oromo: “Chukotka”
  • Ossetian: “Чукоткæйы автономон зылд”
  • Panjabi: “ਚੁਕੋਤਕਾ”
  • Persian: “اوکروگ چوکوتکا اوتونوموس”
  • Persian: “چوکوتکا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه خودگردان چوکوتکا”
  • Polish: “Czukocki Okręg Autonomiczny”
  • Polish: “Czukotka”
  • Portuguese: “Chucóteca”
  • Portuguese: “Chukotka”
  • Pushto: “چکوتکا خپلواک اګرک”
  • Romanian: “Districtul autonom Ciukotka”
  • Russia Buriat: “Чукот автономито тойрог”
  • Russia Buriat: “Чукоткын автономито тойрог”
  • Russian: “Чукотка”
  • Russian: “Чуко́тка”
  • Russian: “Чукотский автономный округ”
  • Russian: “Чукотский Автономный Округ”
  • Russian: “Чукотский АО”
  • Russian: “Чукотский национальный округ”
  • Russian: “Чукотский НО”
  • Scots: “Chukotka Autonomous Okrug”
  • Serbian: “Чукотка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Čukotski autonomni okrug”
  • Sinhala: “චුකොට්කා ස්වාධීන පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Čukotka”
  • Slovenian: “Čukotka”
  • Somali: “Chukotka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چوکوتکا”
  • Spanish: “Chukotka”
  • Spanish: “Distrito autónomo de Chukotka”
  • Swahili: “Okrug huru ya Chukotka”
  • Swedish: “Tjuktjien”
  • Tagalog: “Chukotka Autonomous Okrug”
  • Tajik: “Чукотка”
  • Talysh: “Cukotka muxtarə okrug”
  • Talysh: “Cukotka”
  • Talysh: “Çukotka”
  • Tamil: “சுகோட்க ஆடோனோமோஸ் ஓக்ருகி”
  • Tamil: “சுகோத்கா தன்னாட்சி வட்டாரம்”
  • Tatar: “Чукот айрат бүлгесе”
  • Tatar: “Чукотка автономияле округы”
  • Telugu: “చుకోట్కా అటానమస్ ఓకుర్గ్”
  • Thai: “เขตปกครองตนเองชูคอตคา”
  • Turkish: “Çukotka Özerk Okrugu”
  • Udmurt: “Чукотка автономной округ”
  • Ukrainian: “Чукотський автономний округ”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Awtonomny wokrjes Čukčow”
  • Urdu: “چوکوتکا خود مختار آکرگ”
  • Uzbek: “Chukotka muhtor okrugi”
  • Uzbek: “Chukotka muxtor okrugi”
  • Venetian: “Sircondario autonomo di Čukotka”
  • Veps: “Čukotkan avtonomine ümbrik”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu tự trị Chukotka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Autonomo Okrug han Chukotka”
  • Welsh: “Ocrwg Ymreolaethol Chukotka”
  • Western Panjabi: “چوکوتکا”
  • Wu Chinese: “楚科奇自治区”
  • Yakut: “Чукотка автономиялаах уокуруга”
  • Yue Chinese: “楚科奇自治區”
  • “ma Sukoka”

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