Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast

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