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{{Short description|Town in the Komi Republic, Russia}}
{{Other uses|INTA (disambiguation)}}
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'''Inta''' ({{langx|ru|Инта́}}, {{langx|kv|Инта}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in the [[Komi Republic]], [[Russia]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=32,080|p2002=41,217|p1989=60,220}}

==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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Inta |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/inta/ |website=vle.lt |publisher=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija}}</ref>

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

During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] era, a "[[gulag|corrective labor camp]]", [[Intalag]], was located here.

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it is, together with two [[urban-type settlement]]s ([[Verkhnyaya Inta]] and [[Kozhym]]) and twenty rural localities, incorporated as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|town of republic significance]] of Inta'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of the Komi Republic|districts]].<ref name="Ref58">Law #16-RZ</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of republic significance of Inta is incorporated as '''Inta Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref747">Law #11-RZ</ref>

==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 [[Russian 460 metre radio mast|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]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/43116/vladimir-tsyplakov|title=Vladimir Tsyplakov at eliteprospects.com|website=www.eliteprospects.com|accessdate=December 2, 2023}}</ref>

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ko|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ko|mun|list}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.adminta.ru/ Official website of Inta] {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://inta.jsprav.ru/ Inta Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Komi Republic}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in the Komi Republic]]
[[Category:Populated places of Arctic Russia]]
[[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Russia]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1932]]
[[Category:Former urban-type settlements of Komi]]

[[koi:Инта каркытш]]
[[diq:Inta]]