Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Pevek (Russian: Певек) is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a peninsula on the eastern side of the bay facing the Routan Islands, above the Arctic Circle, about 640 kilometers (400 mi) northwest of Anadyr. It is the northernmost town in Russia and in Asia. Population: 4,162 (2010 Census); 5,206 (2002 Census); 12,915 (1989 Census).The town is a modern settlement established after World War I to provide a port for the export of minerals as part of the expanding Northern Sea Route. During the 1940s and 1950s, the area surrounding Pevek was the site of several GULAGs where prisoners mined uranium. In recent years though many of the mines have been shown to be uneconomic and have closed, causing many residents to move to more central regions in Russia and for the port infrastructure to decay.. }
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- Pevek abstract "Pevek (Russian: Певек) is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a peninsula on the eastern side of the bay facing the Routan Islands, above the Arctic Circle, about 640 kilometers (400 mi) northwest of Anadyr. It is the northernmost town in Russia and in Asia. Population: 4,162 (2010 Census); 5,206 (2002 Census); 12,915 (1989 Census).The town is a modern settlement established after World War I to provide a port for the export of minerals as part of the expanding Northern Sea Route. During the 1940s and 1950s, the area surrounding Pevek was the site of several GULAGs where prisoners mined uranium. In recent years though many of the mines have been shown to be uneconomic and have closed, causing many residents to move to more central regions in Russia and for the port infrastructure to decay.".