Selo in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Inchoun (Russian: Инчоун, Chukchi: И’нчувин,[9] I’nčuvin; Yupik: Инсиг’вик[9]) is a rural locality (a selo) in Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.[1] It is located on the shores of the Chukchi Sea, about 25 kilometers (16 mi) west of Uelen. Population: 387 (2010 Census);[2] [3] Municipally Inchoun is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Inchoun Rural Settlement.[5]
History
Pre-history
The name of the village comes from the Chukchi word I'nchuvin, meaning "a cut-off nose tip". This strange appellation is derived from a nearby cliff with a large rock at its base that is said to look like a nose cut from a face.[10] There is a Chukchi dancing troupe in the village called Vyrykvyn.[9]
Excavations carried out by the Museum of Chukotka Heritage Centre and the State Museum of Northern Art at the Palpeygak (Russian: Пальпейгак) site (named after a nearby eponymous creek) revealed finds indicating that the area had been inhabited for the last 3000 years[11]
Twentieth Century
In 1945 Inchoun had the best Soviet reading rooms in the Okrug.[11] In the 1950s, construction began on wooden houses in the village and by 1957, the first nine families moved out of their Yaranga and into these new houses.[11]
Demographics
The population of the village as of 2009 was 398[11] an increase on the estimate in 2008 of 365,[9] which itself was down from the figure given in March 2003 of 373 (of which 353 were indigenous peoples).[12] The official census results indicate a slight reduction on the 2009 estimate to 387,[2] of whom 185 were male and 202 female.[3]
Transport
Inchoun is 150 miles from the district centre Lavrentiya[11] and is not connected to any other part of the world by permanent road. However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:[13]
- Улица Ачиргина (Ulitsa Achyrgyna)
- Улица Коммунистическая (Ulitsa Kommunisticheskaya, lit. Communist Street)
- Улица Морзверобоев (Ulitsa Morzveroboyev, li. Walrus-hunting Brigade Street)
- Улица Тенетегина (Ulitsa Tenetegina)
- Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. Central Street)
- Улица Шипина (Ulitsa Shipina)
- Улица Школьная (Ulitsa Shkolnaya, lit. School Street)
Climate
Inchoun has a Tundra climate (ET)[14] because the warmest month has an average temperature between 0 °C (32 °F) and 10 °C (50 °F).
| Climate data for Inchoun
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
4.7
(40.5)
|
5.5
(41.9)
|
3.9
(39.0)
|
6.4
(43.5)
|
10.5
(50.9)
|
18.4
(65.1)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
22
(72)
|
16.3
(61.3)
|
12
(54)
|
8.7
(47.7)
|
10
(50)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
−17.9
(−0.2)
|
−16.7
(1.9)
|
−15.8
(3.6)
|
−9.1
(15.6)
|
−0.7
(30.7)
|
5.6
(42.1)
|
10
(50)
|
9.2
(48.6)
|
5.4
(41.7)
|
0.5
(32.9)
|
−4.7
(23.5)
|
−13.9
(7.0)
|
−4
(25)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−23.9
(−11.0)
|
−22.8
(−9.0)
|
−22.3
(−8.1)
|
−15.2
(4.6)
|
−4.6
(23.7)
|
1
(34)
|
4.8
(40.6)
|
4.8
(40.6)
|
2.2
(36.0)
|
−3
(27)
|
−9.8
(14.4)
|
−19
(−2)
|
−9
(16)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−44.1
(−47.4)
|
−41.5
(−42.7)
|
−41.4
(−42.5)
|
−31.1
(−24.0)
|
−24.5
(−12.1)
|
−5.6
(21.9)
|
−4.7
(23.5)
|
−2.7
(27.1)
|
−6.1
(21.0)
|
−19.9
(−3.8)
|
−33.6
(−28.5)
|
−41.2
(−42.2)
|
−44.1
(−47.4)
|
| Average rainfall mm (inches)
|
19
(0.7)
|
20
(0.8)
|
13.8
(0.54)
|
18.1
(0.71)
|
18.8
(0.74)
|
15.1
(0.59)
|
40.4
(1.59)
|
46.2
(1.82)
|
35.9
(1.41)
|
45.4
(1.79)
|
28.8
(1.13)
|
18.4
(0.72)
|
319.9
(12.59)
|
| Average snowy days
|
14
|
12
|
11
|
15
|
13
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
17
|
20
|
15
|
124
|
| Source: [15]
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