Taymyria

Named after the Taymyria Peninsula on the Arctic Sea, Taymyria is an impressively remote, vast region in , . To the north, Taymyria borders the Arctic Ocean, to the southeast , to the south , and to the southwest the and .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Norilsk and Dudinka.

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is a large city in Taymyria. Because of its strategic importance for nickel ore processing, is a closed city and special permission is needed for travel, which is generally only granted for guided tours.

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is the capital of Taymyria and a port open to sea-going vessels near the mouth of the Yenisey River.

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is a small city in Taymyria with a population of 690. Among its inhabitants the city is nicknamed "Arctic's Capital", taken from a popular Soviet-era song.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Putorana Nature Reserve.

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is in Taymyria, . The reserve is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2010.

Taymyria

Latitude of center
72° north
Longitude of center
95° east
Population
29,600
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Geo­Names ID
1489879
Wiki­data ID
Q302113
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Taymyria” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Թայմիրսկի Դոլգանո-Նենեցկի շրջան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Taymır Dolqan-Nenes rayonu”
  • Belarusian: “Таймырскі Далгана-Ненецкі раён”
  • Catalan: “districte dolgano-nenets de Taimíria”
  • Cebuano: “Dolgano-Nenetskiy”
  • Cebuano: “Taimy Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Taymyria”
  • Cebuano: “Taymyrskiy (Dolgano-Nenetskiy) Avtonomnyy Okrug”
  • Cebuano: “Taymyrskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug”
  • Cebuano: “Taymyrskiy Natsional’nyy Okrug”
  • Cebuano: “Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District”
  • Cebuano: “Таймыр”
  • Cebuano: “Таймырский (Долгано-Ненецкий) автономный округ”
  • Chechen: “Таймыран Долгано-Ненцойн кӀошт”
  • Chechen: “Таймыран Долганойн-Ненцойн кӀошт”
  • Chinese: “Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky Koān”
  • Chinese: “泰梅尔”
  • Chinese: “泰梅爾多爾干-涅涅茨區”
  • Chinese: “泰梅爾斯基多爾加諾-涅涅茨基區”
  • Dutch: “District Tajmyrski”
  • Dutch: “Tajmyr”
  • Esperanto: “Tajmirio”
  • Estonian: “Taimõri rajoon”
  • Finnish: “Taimyr”
  • Finnish: “Taimyrin dolgaanien ja nenetsien piiri”
  • French: “Raïon dolgano-nénètse de Taïmyr”
  • German: “Tajmyrski Dolgano-Nenezki rajon”
  • Hungarian: “Tajmiri Dolgan–Nyenyec járás”
  • Italian: “Circondario del Tajmyr”
  • Italian: “Tajmyrskij rajon”
  • Japanese: “タイミル・ドルガン＝ネネツ地区”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Таймыр кытш”
  • Korean: “타이미르스키군”
  • Latvian: “Taimiras Dolganu—Ņencu rajons”
  • Lithuanian: “Taimyro dolganų-nencų rajonas”
  • Lithuanian: “Taimyro dolganų–nencų rajonas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky Koān”
  • Ossetian: “Таймыры Долганты-Ненецты район”
  • Polish: “Rejon tajmyrski”
  • Polish: “Tajmyrskij Dołgano-Nienieckij rajon”
  • Russian: “Таймыр”
  • Russian: “Таймырский (Долгано-Ненецкий) автономный округ”
  • Russian: “Таймырский Долгано-Ненецкий район”
  • Serbian: “Тајмирски рејон”
  • Slovenian: “Tajmirski Dolgano-Nenecki rajon”
  • Spanish: “Rayón dolgano-nenets de Taimir”
  • Ukrainian: “Таймирський Долгано-Ненецький район”
  • Ukrainian: “Таймирський район”
  • Vietnamese: “Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky (huyện)”
  • Vietnamese: “Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky”

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