town
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Sakha Republic
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Aldan River
The Aldan ( Sakha and ) is the second-longest right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.tributary
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Yakutsk
Yakutsk ( ) is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the ...
, the
capital
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administrative center
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of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,057.
Etymology
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
Yakutsk ( ) is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the ...
. 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
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on the Aldan for supplies to the Nezametny gold mine in the present-day town of Aldan. It was formerly the head of navigation of the
Aldan River
The Aldan ( Sakha and ) is the second-longest right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.inhabited locality, Tommot is classified as a town under district jurisdiction.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Aldansky District as the
Town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
mica
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deposits began in 1942, after they were discovered in a stream near the town by a hunter.