Tomari, Russia

Tomari (English)
Томари (Russian)
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Location of Sakhalin Oblast in Russia
Tomari
Location of Tomari in Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 47°46′N 142°04′E / 47.767°N 142.067°ECoordinates: 47°46′N 142°04′E / 47.767°N 142.067°E
Administrative status (as of December 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakhalin Oblast[1]
Administrative district Tomarinsky District[1]
Administrative center of Tomarinsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2012)
Urban okrug Tomarinsky Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Tomarinsky Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor Anatoly Degtyaryov
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 4,541 inhabitants[3]
Time zone VLAT (UTC+10:00)[4]
Founded 1870
Town status since 1946
Dialing code(s) +7 42446
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Tomari (Russian: Томари) is a coastal town and the administrative center of Tomarinsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the western coast of the Sakhalin Island, 167 kilometers (104 mi) northwest of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 4,541 (2010 Census);[3] 5,338 (2002 Census);[5] 8,121 (1989 Census).[6]

History

Between the 12 & 14 July 1787 two French frigates, la Boussole & l'Astrolabe commanded by la Perouse, visited the bay were Tomari has since been built. The French named it Langle Bay after the captain of the Astrolabe. At that time it was no more than a small cluster of huts. The French had good relations with the local people who they considered to be, but in the very distant past, of northern Chinese origin. They were intelligent, good looking and short in stature. They were engaged primarily in fishing, hunting and herding, hardly at all in agriculture. They traded regularly with the communities on the Amur River in NE Russia and with Japan. La Perouse gives a very detailed and interesting description of his relations with these people.[7] Tomari was founded in 1870. Along with the rest of the southern portion of Sakhalin, it was placed under Japanese control by the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905 and remained so until 1945, during which time it bore the name of Tomarioru (泊居), derived from an Ainu term meaning on the bay. It reverted to the Soviet Union in 1945 and was granted town status and renamed Tomari in 1946.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tomari serves as the administrative center of Tomarinsky District and is subordinated to it.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Tomari and thirteen rural localities of Tomarinsky District are incorporated as Tomarinsky Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

Fish, coil and timber are extracted in the town. The largest industrial facility in the town, a paper factory, went bankrupt in the mid-1990s: its collapse provoked a large emigration.

Transportation

The town lies on the railway connecting Kholmsk with Ilyinskoye.

Sister city

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #25-ZO
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #524
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ La Perouse. Voyage de Laperouse Autour du Monde, Vol.3, Page 31, in the 1797 published edition.

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