Aniva

Also known as Ruutaka, Rutaka

Aniva () is a coastal town and the administrative center of Anivsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the coast of Aniva Bay in southern Sakhalin Island on the Lyutoga River, south of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Aniva
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Анива
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Aniva 03.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: A typical view of Aniva
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Aniva COA (2011).gif
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Sakhalin Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Anivsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: Anivsky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Anivsky Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of: Anivsky Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.leader_title: Head
Russian inhabited locality.leader_name: Nikolay Petrov
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 9115
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: 1886
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: 1946
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes: 694030

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Wikidata facts

Population: 9686
Area: 8
Elevation: 3
Official website: www.aniva.marketcenter.ru
Image: Aniva 01.jpg
Dialing code: 424 41

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Commons category: Aniva, Sakhalin oblast
inception: 1886-01-01
postal code: 694030

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==History== It was founded in 1886 as the village of Lyutoga (). In 1905, it was ceded to Japan with the rest of the southern part of Sakhalin by the Treaty of Portsmouth and renamed by the Japanese. The village was recaptured by the Soviet Union in 1945; it was granted town status and renamed Aniva in 1946.