Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Южно-Сахалинск
Top: Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Gorny Vozduh Resort Cablecar, Center: Sakhalin Regional Museum, Bottom: Yuzhino-Sakhalinsk Gagarin Park, Anton Chekhov Museum and monument (all of item from left to right)
Top: Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Gorny Vozduh Resort Cablecar, Center: Sakhalin Regional Museum, Bottom: Yuzhino-Sakhalinsk Gagarin Park, Anton Chekhov Museum and monument (all of item from left to right)
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is located in Russia
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is located in Sakhalin Oblast
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Sakhalin Oblast)
Coordinates: 46°58′N 142°44′E / 46.967°N 142.733°E / 46.967; 142.733
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakhalin Oblast[1]
Founded1882
City status since1905[2]
Government
 • HeadSergey Nadsadin[3]
Area
 • Total
164.7 km2 (63.6 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 • Total
181,728
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
198,973 (+9.5%)
 • Rank99th in 2010
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
 • Subordinated tocity of oblast significance of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[1]
 • Capital ofSakhalin Oblast,[1] city of oblast significance of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[1]
 • Urban okrugYuzhno-Sakhalinsk Urban Okrug[6]
 • Capital ofYuzhno-Sakhalinsk Urban Okrug[6]
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
Postal code(s)[8]
693000
Dialing code(s)+7 4242; +7 424[9]
OKTMO ID64701000001
Websitewww.yuzhno-sakh.ru

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russian: Ю́жно-Сахали́нск, IPA: [ˈjuʐnə səxɐˈlʲinsk] , lit.'South Sakhalin city') is a city and the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located on Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, north of Japan.[10] Gas and oil extraction as well as processing are amongst the main industries on the island. It was called Vladimirovka (Влади́мировка) from 1882 to 1905, then Toyohara (Japanese: 豊原市, Hepburn: Toyohara-shi) during its period of Imperial Japanese control from 1905 to 1946. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 181,728.[4]

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  3. ^ Сергей Надсадин вступил в должность мэра Южно-Сахалинска. astv.ru (in Russian).
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Law #524
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. ^ Телефонные коды Сахалина - Dialing codes of Sakhalin (in Russian)
  10. ^ "Where is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia?". WorldAtlas. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

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