Tommot

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city Tommot Томмот coat of arms Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Aldan mayor Olga Sotina Founded 1923 City since 1925 surface 26  km² population 8057 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 310 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 290  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41145 Post Code 678953-678956 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 203 505 Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 58 ′  N , 126 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 126 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

List of cities in Russia

Tommot ( Yakut and Russian Томмот ) is a small town in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) ( Russia ) with 8057 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the north of the Aldan highlands , about 390 km southwest of the republic capital Yakutsk , on the Aldan River , a right tributary of the Lena .

The city of Tommot is administratively subordinate to the Aldan district . It is 87 kilometers from the administrative center of the Rajons.

Tommot is the provisional endpoint of the Amur-Yakut Magistrale leading north from the Baikal-Amur Magistrale (continuation to Yakutsk under construction) and is located on the M56 highway ( Lena ), which connects Newer on the Trans-Siberian Railway with Yakutsk. Both cross the Aldan here.

history

Tommot was created in 1923 in connection with the construction of the Ukulan pier on the Aldan for the handling of supplies for the Nesametny gold mine in today's city of Aldan. In 1925 the place received city rights. The name is derived from the Yakut word for not freezing .

After the discovery of a mica deposit (phlogopite) by the hunter W. Sakharov in the nearby Emeldschak brook, mining began in 1942.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2804
1959	5406
1970	7993
1979	6320
1989	9460
2002	9032
2010	8057

Note: census data

economy

Tommot station

Tommot's industries are mining, wood and building materials.

See also

• List of cities in the Sakha Republic

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

Commons : Tommot  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tommot on mojgorod.ru (Russian)