Inta

For other uses, see INTA (disambiguation).

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

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Town[1]
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Location of Inta
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Coordinates: 66°05′N 60°08′E
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]
• Capital of	town of republic significance of Inta[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Inta Urban Okrug[3]
• Capital of	Inta Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	169840–169849
OKTMO ID	87715000001
Website	adminta.ru

History

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

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

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

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

Notable people

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