Usinsk

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Coordinates: 66°00′N 57°32′E / 66, 57.533

Coat of arms of Usinsk
Coat of arms of Usinsk

Usinsk (Russian: Усинск) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated 757 kilometers (470 mi) east of the republic's capital city of Syktyvkar, and 100 kilometers (62 mi) north of the town of Pechora, on the northern bank of the Usa River, some 30 kilometers (19 mi) before its confluence with the Pechora River. Population: 44,805 (2006 est.);[citation needed] 45,358 (2002 Census);[1] 47,219 (1989 Census).[2]

Usinsk was founded in 1966 as a settlement at the newly discovered deposits of petroleum in the north of the Komi Republic. Town status was granted to it in 1984. Usinsk is administratively directly under the republic. The town's area is 30,600 square kilometers (11,814.7 sq mi).

The town is the center for the production of oil and gas in the Komi Republic. Three quarters of all the oil produced in the republic comes from the fields in the territory around Usinsk. In 1980 the town was connected to the Pechora Railway by a 108 km long sidetrack.

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  1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  2. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
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