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Inchoun
Selo in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Inchoun (Russian: Инчоун, Chukchi: И’нчувин,[9] I’nčuvin; Yupik: Инсиг’вик[9]) is a rural locality (a selo) in Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.[1] It is located on the shores of the Chukchi Sea, about 25 kilometers (16 mi) west of Uelen. Population: 387 (2010 Census);[2] [3] Municipally Inchoun is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Inchoun Rural Settlement.[5]
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History
Pre-history
The name of the village comes from the Chukchi word I'nchuvin, meaning "a cut-off nose tip". This strange appellation is derived from a nearby cliff with a large rock at its base that is said to look like a nose cut from a face.[10] There is a Chukchi dancing troupe in the village called Vyrykvyn.[9]
Excavations carried out by the Museum of Chukotka Heritage Centre and the State Museum of Northern Art at the Palpeygak (Russian: Пальпейгак) site (named after a nearby eponymous creek) revealed finds indicating that the area had been inhabited for the last 3000 years[11]
Twentieth Century
In 1945 Inchoun had the best Soviet reading rooms in the Okrug.[11] In the 1950s, construction began on wooden houses in the village and by 1957, the first nine families moved out of their Yaranga and into these new houses.[11]
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Demographics
The population of the village as of 2009 was 398[11] an increase on the estimate in 2008 of 365,[9] which itself was down from the figure given in March 2003 of 373 (of which 353 were indigenous peoples).[12] The official census results indicate a slight reduction on the 2009 estimate to 387,[2] of whom 185 were male and 202 female.[3]
Transport
Inchoun is 150 miles from the district centre Lavrentiya[11] and is not connected to any other part of the world by permanent road. However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:[13]
- Улица Ачиргина (Ulitsa Achyrgyna)
- Улица Коммунистическая (Ulitsa Kommunisticheskaya, lit. Communist Street)
- Улица Морзверобоев (Ulitsa Morzveroboyev, li. Walrus-hunting Brigade Street)
- Улица Тенетегина (Ulitsa Tenetegina)
- Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. Central Street)
- Улица Шипина (Ulitsa Shipina)
- Улица Школьная (Ulitsa Shkolnaya, lit. School Street)
Climate
Inchoun has a Tundra climate (ET)[14] because the warmest month has an average temperature between 0 °C (32 °F) and 10 °C (50 °F).
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Inchoun Village (Chukchi Sea, Russia;
66°17’56‘‘N, 170°17‘6‘‘W)
Inchoun Village, schoolhouse
Inchoun Village
Inchoun Village
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References
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