disparate administrative districts: Central region (including Oganer) - 113,042 Talnakh - 48,478 Kayerkan - 21,181 Government Norilsk City Council of Deputies Elected: 10.09.2017 Formed: 21.09.2017. Executive term: 5 years Chairman: Aleksandr Pestryakov Source: NORILSK CITY DEPUTY COUNCIL Mayor of Norilsk 27.01.2021-present — Dmitry Karasyov. Executive term: 5 years. Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory In September 2021, the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory was updated. Sergei Sizonenko was elected deputy for Taymyr constituency No. 23. Demographics Population The population of Norilsk is After the fall of the USSR the population dropped by 40,000, but this was offset by the subsequent merger of the towns of Kayerkan and Talnakh into Norilsk, maintaining a permanent population of 175,000. Including temporary residents, the population can reach up to 220,000. Life expectancy for local residents is about 10 years less than average Russian life expectancy, which as of 2013 was around 69 years. Ethnic composition The city has an ethnically diverse population. As of 2010, the predominant ethnic and cultural groups were Russians, Ukrainians, Azerbaijanis, Tatars, Lezgins, Chuvash, Bashkirs, Belarusians, Ossetians, Nogai, and Kazakhs. The population of Norilsk consists almost entirely of people who moved to the city in the second half of the 20th century and their descendants, but many of the descendants of prisoners who were amnestied in 1953 still live in the city. There are very few representatives of indigenous ethnicities - Nenets, Enets, Nganasans and Dolgans - in the city. There were 77 recognized ethnic groups in Norilsk as of 2010. As of January 1, 2021, in terms of population, the city ranked 103rd out of 1,116 cities in the Russian Federation. Source — FEDERAL SERVICE OF STATE STATISTICS Religion Orthodox Christianity is the main religion in Norilsk. There is a Russian Orthodox cathedral, several Russian Orthodox churches and a Ukrainian Orthodox church. There is also a mosque in Norilsk. Built in 1998 and belonging to the local Tatar community, it is considered to be the northernmost Muslim prayer house in the world. Since 2014, the city has been the center of the newly formed Norilsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Time zone Norilsk is on Krasnoyarsk Time, seven hours ahead of UTC (UTC+07:00) and 4 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+4) Geography and natural environment Norilsk sits between the West Siberian Plain and Central Siberian Plateau at the foot of the Putorana Mountains. It