Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Южно-Сахалинск
City[1]
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)
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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Coordinates: 46°58′N 142°44′E / 46.967°N 142.733°E / 46.967; 142.733
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakhalin Oblast[1]
Founded	1882
City status since	1905[2]
Government
• Head	Sergey Nadsadin[3]
Area [4]
• Total	164.7 km2 (63.6 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[5]
• Total	181,728
• Estimate  (2018)[6]	198,973 (+9.5%)
• Rank	99th in 2010
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	city of oblast significance of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[1]
• Capital of	Sakhalin Oblast[1], city of oblast significance of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Urban Okrug[7]
• Capital of	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Urban Okrug[7]
Time zone	UTC+11 (MSK+8 [8])
Postal code(s)[9]	693000
Dialing code(s)	+7 4242; +7 424[10]
OKTMO ID	64701000001
Twin towns	Hakodate, Asahikawa, Wakkanai
Website	www.yuzhno-sakh.ru

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russian: Ю́жно-Сахали́нск, IPA: [ˈjuʐnə səxɐˈlʲinsk] (listen), literally "South Sakhalin City") is a city on Sakhalin island. It is also the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is in the Far East part of Russia. It is north of Japan.^[11] Gas and oil extraction and processing are the main industries of the island. It was named Vladimirovka (Влади́мировка) from 1882 to 1905, then Toyohara (Japanese: 豊原市, Hepburn: Toyohara-shi) when Imperial Japan controlled it from 1905 to 1946. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 181,728.^[5]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Law #25-ZO
2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference endic was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
3. ↑ Сергей Надсадин вступил в должность мэра Южно-Сахалинска. astv.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2015-12-27. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
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5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
6. ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Law #524
8. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
9. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
10. ↑ Телефонные коды Сахалина - Dialing codes of Sakhalin (in Russian)
11. ↑ "Where is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia?". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2018-09-25.