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Zapolyarny (Template:Lang-ru) is a town in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The area of the town belonged to Finland in 1920–1944. It was founded in 1956 as Zhdanovsk (Жда́новск) and was granted town status and renamed in 1963. It is located on the Kola Peninsula, 10 km south of the Kola Superdeep Borehole project. Population: 18,640 (2002 Census); 23,564 (1989 Census).

v t e Administrative divisions of Murmansk Oblast
Administrative center: Murmansk • Rural localities
Administrative districts	Kandalakshsky Kolsky Kovdorsky Lovozersky Pechengsky Tersky
Closed administrative-territorial formations	Alexandrovsk Ostrovnoy Severomorsk Vidyayevo Zaozyorsk
Cities and towns (all levels)	Apatity Gadzhiyevo Kandalaksha Kirovsk Kola Kovdor Monchegorsk Murmansk Olenegorsk Ostrovnoy Polyarny Polyarnye Zori Severomorsk Snezhnogorsk Zaozyorsk Zapolyarny
Urban-type settlements	Kildinstroy Molochny Murmashi Nikel Pechenga Revda Safonovo Tumanny Umba Verkhnetulomsky Zelenoborsky

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