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Inta

Inta Инта
Town[1]
Inta water tower
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Inta
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Coordinates: 66°05′N 60°08′E / 66.083°N 60.133°E / 66.083; 60.133
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Komi Republic[1]
Founded	1942
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	32,080
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	town of republic significance of Inta[1]
• Capitalof	town of republic significance of Inta[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Inta Urban Okrug[3]
• Capitalof	Inta Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	169840–169849
OKTMOID	87715000001
Website	adminta.ru

Inta (Russian: Инта́, Komi: Инта) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. Population: 32,080 (2010 Russian census);^[2] 41,217 (2002 Census);^[6] 60,220 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

History[edit]

Inta was founded around 1940 as a settlement to support a geological expedition to explore coal deposits and projecting of mines. The city and a separate forced labor camp (Intalag) was built by deportees and political prisoners working in the coal mines of the Pechora coal basin.^[8]

The city's name is in the Nenets language and means 'well-watered place.'

During the Soviet era, a "corrective labor camp", Intalag, was located here.

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two urban-type settlements (Verkhnyaya Inta and Kozhym) and twenty rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Inta—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Inta is incorporated as Inta Urban Okrug.^[3]

Transportation[edit]

It is served by the Inta Airport and the Kotlas–Vorkuta railway line. Inta is situated on the banks of the river Bolshoya Inta.

Transmitter[edit]

At Inta, there is a CHAYKA-transmitter with a 460-meter tall guyed mast, which is the second-tallest structure in Europe.

Notable people[edit]

• Birthplace of Soviet national hockey team player Viktor Zhluktov
• Birthplace of Belarusian national hockey team, NHL, and KHL player Vladimir Tsyplakov^[9]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

Sources[edit]

• Государственный Совет Республики Коми. Закон №13-РЗ от 6 марта 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Коми», в ред. Закона №171-РЗ от 26 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении населённого пункта Верхняя Седка, расположенного на территории Прилузского района Республики Коми, и внесении в связи с этим изменений в некоторые Законы Республики Коми». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика", №44, 16 марта 2006 г. (State Council of the Komi Republic. Law #13-RZ of March 6, 2006 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Komi Republic, as amended by the Law #171-RZ of December 26, 2014 On Abolishing the Inhabited Locality of Verkhnyaya Sedka Located on the Territory of Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic, and on Amending Various Laws of the Komi Republic Accordingly. Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Государственный Совет Республики Коми. Закон №11-РЗ от 5 марта 2005 г. «О территориальной организации местного самоуправления в Республике Коми», в ред. Закона №171-РЗ от 26 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении населённого пункта Верхняя Седка, расположенного на территории Прилузского района Республики Коми, и внесении в связи с этим изменений в некоторые Законы Республики Коми». Вступил в силу 1 апреля 2005 г.. Опубликован: "Республика", №44–45, 17 марта 2005 г. (State Council of the Komi Republic. Law #11-RZ of March 5, 2005 On the Territorial Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Komi Republic, as amended by the Law #171-RZ of December 26, 2014 On Abolishing the Inhabited Locality of Verkhnyaya Sedka Located on the Territory of Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic, and on Amending Various Laws of the Komi Republic Accordingly. Effective as of April 1, 2005.).

External links[edit]

Media related to Inta at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Inta (in Russian)
• Inta Business Directory (in Russian)