Tommot

Tommot (in English)
Томмот (Russian)
Томмот (Sakha)
-  Town[1]  -
Town under district jurisdiction[1]

Tommot railway station in winter

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Tommot
Location of Tommot in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 58°58′N 126°18′E / 58.967°N 126.300°E / 58.967; 126.300Coordinates: 58°58′N 126°18′E / 58.967°N 126.300°E / 58.967; 126.300
Coat of Arms of Tommot
Flag of Tommot
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Aldansky District[1]
Town Tommot[1]
Administrative center of Town of Tommot[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Aldansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Tommot Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Tommot Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 8,057 inhabitants[3]
Population (January 2016 est.) 7,194 inhabitants[4]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[5]
Founded 1923
Town status since 1925
Postal code(s)[6] 678953–678956
Dialing code(s) +7 41145
Official website
Tommot on Wikimedia Commons
Tommot population
2010 Census 8,057[3]
2002 Census 9,032[7]
1989 Census 9,460[8]
1979 Census 6,320[9]

Tommot (Russian: Томмо́т; Yakut: Томмот) is a town in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Aldan River (a right-hand tributary of the Lena) 390 kilometers (240 mi) southwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic, and 70 kilometers (43 mi) southwest of Aldan, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,057.[3]

Etymology

The name of the town is derived from a Yakut word meaning non-freezing.

Geography

The town was the terminus of the passenger trains of the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline. In November 2011, the railway was extended to Nizhny Bestyakh; it will eventually reach Yakutsk.[10] Both the railway and the Lena Highway cross the Aldan at this point.

History

It was founded in 1923 with the construction of a river port on the Aldan for supplies to the Nezametny gold mine in the present-day town of Aldan. It was formerly the head of navigation of the Aldan River. Tommot was granted town status in 1925.

Administrative and municipal status

As an inhabited locality, Tommot is classified as a town under district jurisdiction.[1] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Aldansky District as the Town of Tommot.[1] As a municipal division, the territories of the Town of Tommot and the Settlement of Bezymyanny are incorporated within Aldansky Municipal District as Tommot Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Mining of mica deposits began in 1942, after they were discovered in a stream near the town by a hunter.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #173-Z #353-III
  3. 1 2 3 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. Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года (in Russian)
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  10. "Russian Berkakit-Tommot-Nizhny Bestyakh Line Completed". Retrieved August 17, 2012.

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