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Igarka is a human settlement and port city located in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The town was established in 1929 and has a population of 23,648. It lies at an elevation of 20 meters above sea level and covers an area of 20 square kilometers. The local dialing code is 39172, and the postal code is 663200.
The city operates in the UTC+07:00 time zone. It has received the Order of the Badge of Honour. Historical records indicate that the region was part of the Soviet Union. The native label for the place is Игарка.
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Place details
- Locality
- Игарка
- Region
- Красноярский край
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 7,470
- Timezone
- Asia/Krasnoyarsk
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Igarka
- Russian town.ru_name
- Игарка
- Russian town.image_skyline
- 2020-08-21_14-51-51_Игарка_(cropped).jpg
- Russian town.image_caption
- Igarka from the Yenesei River
- Russian town.map_label_position
- right
- Russian town.image_flag
- Flag of Igarka.svg
- Russian town.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Igarka.svg
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Turukhansky District
- Russian town.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Igarka
- Russian town.adm_selsoviet_type
- District town
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- District town of Igarka
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Turukhansky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Igarka Urban Settlement
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of
- Igarka Urban Settlement
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 6183
- Russian town.established_date
- 1929
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 3559
- Area
- 20
- Elevation
- 20
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Official website
- igarkacity.info
- Image
- 2020-08-21 14-51-51 Игарка (cropped).jpg
- Dialing code
- 39172
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- Commons category
- Igarka
- inception
- 1929-01-01
- postal code
- 663200
- native label
- Игарка
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Travel guide
Understand
Igarka was founded in 1931. The city got its name from the channel on which it was located, which was in turn named after a local fisherman, Yegor Shiryaev.
Igarka is infamous as the starting point for Stalin's railway to nowhere, constructed between 1949 and Stalin's death in 1953. The project failed and thousands of the gulag laborers died in the process.
It is the main port via which the timber harvested in the Yenisei River basin is shipped to Europe.
It has a population of approximately 6,000 people and has been in decline.
See
thumb|Recreation of a convict barrack at the Gulag Museum in Igarka thumb|The Museum of Permafrost
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