Inchoun (russian: Инчоун, Chukchi: ,Inchoun Information
, Beringia Nature Park Website. Retrieved 12 April 2012 ''I’nčuvin'';

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: Инсиг’вик) is a

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(a '' selo'') in

Chukotsky District Chukotsky District (russian: Чуко́тский райо́н, ''Čukótskiy rayón''; Chukchi: , ''Čukotkakèn rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #47-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russi ...

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...

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. It is located on the shores of the

Chukchi Sea Chukchi Sea ( rus, Чуко́тское мо́ре, r=Chukotskoye more, p=tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west b ...

, about west of

Uelen Uelen (russian: Уэлéн; Chukchi: , ''Uvèlèn''; Siberian Yupik: Улыӄ, ''Ulyḳ''; Naukan Yupik: Олыӄ, ''Oleq''; also known as Whalen in older English-language sources and Ugelen on USCGS charts) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') ...

. Population: Municipally Inchoun is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Inchoun Rural Settlement.

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. There is a Chukchi dancing troupe in the village called ''Vyrykvyn''. 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 yearsМуниципальное образование сельское поселение Инчоун
Municipal Formation of the Rural Settlement of Inchoun - Official Website of Chukotsky District]

Twentieth Century

In 1945 Inchoun had the best Soviet reading rooms in the Okrug. In the 1950s, construction began on wooden houses in the village and by 1957, the first nine families moved out of their

Yaranga A Yaranga ( Chukchi: ) is a tent-like traditional mobile home of some nomadic Northern indigenous peoples of Russia, such as Chukchi and Siberian Yupik. A Yaranga is a cone-shaped or rounded reindeer-hide tent. It is built of a light wooden fr ...

and into these new houses.

Demographics

The population of the village as of 2009 was 398 an increase on the estimate in 2008 of 365, which itself was down from the figure given in March 2003 of 373 (of which 353 were indigenous peoples).Red Cross of Chukotka
Chukotsky District
(Archived) The official census results indicate a slight reduction on the 2009 estimate to 387, of whom 185 were male and 202 female.

Transport

Inchoun is 150 miles from the district centre

Lavrentiya Lavrentiya (russian: Лавре́нтия, Yupik: Ӄышы; Chukchi: Ӄытрын, ''Ḳytryn''; Naukan: ''Qerre'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, locate ...

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: * 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 In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless moun ...

climate (''ET'')McKnightand Hess, pp.235-7 because the warmest month has an average temperature between and .

Photo gallery

File:Inchoun 1 2013-08-02.jpg, Inchoun Village (Chukchi Sea, Russia;
66°17’56‘‘N, 170°17‘6‘‘W) File:Inchoun 2 2013-08-02.jpg, Inchoun Village, schoolhouse File:Inchoun 3 2013-08-02.jpg, Inchoun Village File:Inchoun 4 2013-08-02.jpg, Inchoun Village

References

Notes

Sources

* * * *Strogoff, M, Brochet, P-C and Auzias, D
''Petit Futé: Chukotka''
"Avant-Garde" Publishing House, 2006. {{Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Rural localities in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukchi Sea