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Dudinka (Дудинка in Russian) is a town and administrative center of Taymyria in the Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. It is a port in the lower reaches of the Yenisei River, accessible to sea-going ships. Dudinka processes cargo for and sends it to the Norilsk Mining and Smelting Factory and ships non-ferrous metals, coal and ore. In 1969, they laid a Messoyakha-Dudinka-Norilsk natural gas pipeline. Population: 20,000 (1970).
Dudinka was founded in 1667 as a winter settlement.
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