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Inta

Russia / Komi / Inta /
Inta (Russian: Инта́, Komi: Инта) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. Population: 32,080 (2010 Census).
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. 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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inta
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Coordinates:   66°1'41"N   60°8'54"E

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