Neryungri (Russian: Нерюнгри, IPA: [ˈnʲerʲʊnɡrʲɪ]; Yakut: Нүөрүҥгүрү, romanized: Nüörüñgürü, [nyøɾyŋgyɾy]; Evenki: Нерунӈа, romanized: Nerunŋa) is the second largest town in the Sakha Republic, Russia and the administrative center of Neryungrinsky District.

[2] The name of the town comes is believed to come from Evenki Ньируунгра nyuruungra, meaning "river of graylings".

[10] It was founded due to the development of the nearby coal basin[citation needed] and was granted town status in 1975.

It is located on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline and the Lena Highway, 202 kilometers (126 mi) by rail north of Tynda.

Nearby, all in the coal basin, are Berkakit: 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) south; Serebryany Bor: 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) east with a thermal coal power plant; Chulman: 30 kilometers (19 mi) north, with the Chulman Airport; and a large open pit coal mine northwest across the Chulman River.