Iultin
Sign in to saveIultin (; Chukchi: ) was an urban-type settlement in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, part of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. As of 2010 the area is uninhabited. At its peak in 1989 it had a population of The settlement was established to house the workers and administrative staff of the tin and tungsten mines, with transport connections with the port, Egvekinot being constructed by Gulag prisoners. The settlement was abolished in 1995, when mining activities became no longer profitable.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Iultin
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Иультин
- Russian inhabited locality.other_name
- Ивылтин
- Russian inhabited locality.other_lang
- Chukchi
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- left
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Iultinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Urban-type settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Iultinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_latest
- 0
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_latest_date
- April 2010
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1937
- Russian inhabited locality.abolished_date
- 1995
- Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
- 689227
- Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes
- 42734
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://www.iultin.ru
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ghost town
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- Official website
- www.iultin.ru
- Dialing code
- 42734
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1995-00-00
- inception
- 1953-01-01
- postal code
- 689820
- native label
- Иультин
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Origin of name
- Soviet period
- Post-Soviet period
- See also
- References
- Sources
Iultin (; Chukchi: ) was an urban-type settlement in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, part of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. As of 2010 the area is uninhabited. At its peak in 1989 it had a population of The settlement was established to house the workers and administrative staff of the tin and tungsten mines, with transport connections with the port, Egvekinot being constructed by Gulag prisoners. The settlement was abolished in 1995, when mining activities became no longer profitable.
==History==
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