New Barentsburg

The Co-operative Prefecture of New Barentsburg is the northern Prefecture on Hopen Island of the Pomors Municipality, the Pomors Frontier. Its main settlement is Stephentown.
Originally referred to as a district, New Barentsburg was one of the first subunits of municipalities set up within Easway on the 29th May 2020, after the establishment of the Directorial Union Constitution.
== History ==
New Barentsburg was chartered on the 29th May 2020 in the Third Amendment, which created districts of Easway and made the newly incorporated Hopen a federated subdivision. The Russian language and the Pomors people were recognised as regional minorities and their language and culture were made official within Hopen. These rights since have been expanded and New Barentsburg stands as a cultural outpost for Pomors who explored and live within Svalbard. 
On the 30th December 2021, Prefect Bort (then standing as an independent) officially named one of the small settlements Stephentown, after Saint Stephen of Perm. 
On the 9th March 2022, to reflect the Prefect's political and cultural roots of solidarity, Bort with the permission of the residents and working with other representatives of the Island had the official name changed to the Co-operative Prefecture of New Barentsburg.
== Prefects ==
* 1st, Bort: 9th September 2021 - 12th March 2022
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