Tommot
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Tommot
Томмот | |
|---|---|
Town under district jurisdiction[1] | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Томмот |
 Tommot railway station in winter | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Tommot  | |
  Tommot Location of Tommot  Tommot Tommot (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 58°58′N 126°18′E / 58.967°N 126.300°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Aldansky District[1] |
| Town | Tommot[1] |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Town status since | 1925 |
| Elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,057 |
| 7,194 | |
| • Capital of | Town of Tommot[1] |
| • Municipal district | Aldansky Municipal District[4] |
| • Urban settlement | Tommot Urban Settlement[4] |
| • Capital of | Tommot Urban Settlement[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (UTC+09:00  [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 678953–678956 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41145 |
| OKTMO ID | 98603105001 |
| Website | tommot |
| 2010 Census | 8,057[2] |
|---|---|
| 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) northeast of Aldan, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,057.[2]
The name of the town is derived from a Yakut word meaning non-freezing.
Geography
Tommot is located in the Aldan Highlands. 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.[citation needed] It was formerly the head of navigation of the Aldan River. Tommot was granted town status in 1925.[citation needed]
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