Aniwa (city)

city Aniwa Анива flag coat of arms Federal district far East Oblast Sakhalin Rajon Aniwa mayor Alexander Wladimirowitsch Iwaschow (acting) Founded 1886 Earlier names Lyutoga (until 1905) Rūtaka (1905–1946) City since 1946 surface 8  km² population 9115 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1139 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 10  m Time zone UTC + 11 Telephone code (+7) 42441 Post Code 694030 License Plate 65 OKATO 64 208 501 Website www.aniva.marketcenter.ru Geographical location Coordinates 46 ° 43 '  N , 142 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 43 '0 "  N , 142 ° 31' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Sakhalin Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Aniwa ( Russian Ани́ва ) is a small town in the Sakhalin Oblast ( Russia ) with 9115 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the south of the Sakhalin Island near the mouth of the Lyutoga River in the Aniva Bay , about 40 km south of the Oblast capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk .

The city of Aniwa is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

Founded in 1886 as the village of Ljutoga (Russian Лю́тога , after the river of the same name), Aniwa belonged to the entire southern part of the Sakhalin Island as Rūtaka ( Japanese 留 多加 町 , - chō , from Ainu rut for sea ​​ice ) since 1905 under the Treaty of Portsmouth and ak (k) a for water ) to Japan .

During the Second World War , the place was captured by the Red Army on August 26, 1945 and from then on belonged again to the Soviet Union . On June 5, 1946, he was given the Soviet town charter under the new name Aniwa (after the bay).

Population development

year	Residents
1941	7295
1959	5545
1970	5859
1979	6826
1989	8905
2002	8084
2010	9115

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Aniwa is mainly the center of the fishing industry ( pink salmon , ketal salmon ). There are also companies in the food industry based on the agricultural area surrounding the city of local importance.

The city has been connected to the island's narrow-gauge railway network via a branch line since 1926 (currently out of service, previously only freight traffic). There is a road connection to the oblast center.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

• City administration website (Russian)
• Aniwa on mojgorod.ru (Russian)