Igarka
Igarka
Игарка | |
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Igaraka from the Yenesei River | |
Location of Igarka | |
| Coordinates: 67°28′N 86°35′E / 67.467°N 86.583°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Administrative district | Turukhansky District |
| District town | Igarka |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Town status since | 1931 |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,183 |
| • Capital of | District town of Igarka |
| • Municipal district | Turukhansky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Igarka Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Igarka Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 663200 |
| OKTMO ID | 04654117001 |
| Website | igarkacity |
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Igarka (Russian: Ига́рка) is a town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located 163 kilometers (101 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. Igarka is a monotown established around a sawmill which processed timber logged in the basin of the Yenisei River for export. Up to 1956, it was largely inhabited by deportees and political prisoners. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the town's population has rapidly declined – it decreased from 18,820 (1989 Soviet census) to 4,417 (2019).