En Name: | Serebryany Bor |
Ru Name: | Серебряный Бор |
Loc Name1: | Серебряный Бор |
Loc Lang1: | Yakut |
Coordinates: | 56.6833°N 175°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Neryungrinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Serebryany Bor |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Settlement |
Adm Ctr Of: | Settlement of Serebryany Bor |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Neryungrinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Serebryany Bor Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Serebryany Bor Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 4163 |
Current Cat Date: | 1978 |
Postal Codes: | 678995 |
Bodystyle: | width:23.5em; |
Serebryany Bor population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 4,163 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 4,447 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 11,310 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 4,038 |
Serebryany Bor (Russian: Сере́бряный Бор, lit. silver forest; Yakut: Серебряный Бор) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 6km (04miles) from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district,[1] on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline, in the Aldan Highlands. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,163.
It was founded due to the construction of the Neryungrinsky GRES coal-fired power plant. Urban-type settlement status was granted in 1978.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Serebryany Bor[2] is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Settlement of Serebryany Bor. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Serebryany Bor is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Serebryany Bor Urban Settlement.[3]
Immediately to the east of the settlement, the Olongoro River (a tributary of the Aldan) is dammed to create a reservoir, providing water for the local thermal power plant. The plant is the principal employer of the local population.
A spur from the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline railway brings coal from the open-cut mine north-west of Neryungri. The Lena Highway to Yakutsk also runs by.