Usinsk

Usinsk (English) Усинск (Russian) Ускар (Komi)
-  Town  -
Aerial view of Usinsk
Location of the Komi Republic in Russia
Usinsk Location of Usinsk in the Komi Republic
Coordinates: 66°00′N 57°32′E / 66.000°N 57.533°E / 66.000; 57.533Coordinates: 66°00′N 57°32′E / 66.000°N 57.533°E / 66.000; 57.533
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of October 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Komi Republic
Administratively subordinated to	town of republic significance of Usinsk
Administrative center of	town of republic significance of Usinsk
Municipal status (as of February 2012)
Urban okrug	Usinsk Urban Okrug
Administrative center of	Usinsk Urban Okrug
Mayor	Alexander Tyan
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	40,827 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Founded	1966
Town status since	1984
Postal code(s)	169710, 169711, 169712
Dialing code(s)	+7 82144
Official website
on

Usinsk (Russian: Усинск; Komi: Ускар, Uskar) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located 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, 30 kilometers (19 mi) before its confluence with the Pechora River. Population: 40,827 (2010 Census);45,358 (2002 Census);47,219 (1989 Census).

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.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with the urban-type settlement of Parma and eighteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Usinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Usinsk is incorporated as Usinsk Urban Okrug.

...
Wikipedia