Gornozavodsk, Sakhalin Oblast Explained

En Name:Gornozavodsk
Ru Name:Горнозаводск
Coordinates:46.5667°N 192°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakhalin Oblast
Adm District Jur:Nevelsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Pop 2010Census:4389
Established Date:1905
Current Cat Date:2004
Postal Codes:694760
Dialing Codes:42436
Dialing Codes Ref:[1]

Gornozavodsk (Russian: Горнозаводск; (Japanese: 内幌町, Naihoro) is a rural locality (a selo) in Nevelsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the southwest of the Sakhalin Island. Population:

History

It was founded in 1905 when the southern part of Sakhalin belonged to Japan. At the end of World War II, the Soviet Army retook the whole of the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. The settlement was granted town status in 1947. When coal mining was ended in the 1990s, its population dwindled. As a result, Gornozavodsk was demoted to a rural locality in 2004.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.sakhalin.biz/info/ Телефонные коды Сахалина - Dialing codes of Sakhalin