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Coat of arms
  
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Federal subject
  
Komi Republic

Country
  
Russia

Urban okrug
  
Inta Urban Okrug

Inta

Administratively subordinated to
  
town of republic significance of Inta

Administrative center of
  
town of republic significance of Inta

Inta (Russian: Инта́) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. Population: 32,080 (2010 Census); 41,217 (2002 Census); 60,220 (1989 Census).

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History

During the Soviet era, a "corrective labor camp" 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. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Inta is incorporated as Inta Urban Okrug.

Transportation

It is served by the Inta Airport and the Kotlas–Vorkuta railway line.

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
  • References

    Inta Wikipedia