Vorkuta
Vorkuta
Воркута | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Komi | Вӧркута |
Central Vorkuta | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Vorkuta | |
Vorkuta Location of Vorkuta Vorkuta Vorkuta (European Russia) Vorkuta Vorkuta (Arctic) | |
| Coordinates: 67°30′N 64°02′E / 67.500°N 64.033°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Komi Republic |
| Founded | January 4, 1936 |
| Town status since | November 26, 1943 |
| Government | |
| • Administration Manager | Yaroslav Shaposhnikov |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.69 km2 (11.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 70,548 |
• Estimate (2025) | 55,702 (−21%) |
| • Rank | 224th in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,459/km2 (6,369/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | town of republic significance of Vorkuta |
| • Capital of | town of republic significance of Vorkuta |
| • Urban okrug | Vorkuta Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Vorkuta Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code | 169900 |
| Dialing code | +7 82151 |
| OKTMO ID | 87710000001 |
Vorkuta (Russian: Воркута́; Komi: Вӧркута, romanized: Vörkuta) is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic of Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin, at the river Vorkuta. Population: 56,985 (2021 census); 70,548 (2010 census); 84,917 (2002 census); 115,646 (1989 Soviet census).
Vorkuta is among the top five cities north of the Arctic Circle and the easternmost town in Europe. It has the coldest recorded temperature of any European city, at −52 °C (−61 °F).
Vorkuta's population has dropped steadily since the fall of the Soviet Union, when mines were privatized and many people began moving farther south. Many of the mines have been abandoned, and by September 2020, the city's estimated population was only about 50,000.