{{Short description|Town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Aniva |ru_name=Анива |image_skyline=Aniva 03.jpg |image_caption=A typical view of Aniva |coordinates = {{coord|46|43|N|142|31|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Aniva COA (2011).gif |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sakhalin Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="Ref407" /> |adm_district_jur=Anivsky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref407" /> |adm_ctr_of=Anivsky District |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="Ref407" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="Ref407" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |urban_okrug_jur=Anivsky Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref882" /> |mun_admctr_of=Anivsky Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="Ref882" /> |leader_title=Head |leader_title_ref= |leader_name=Nikolay Petrov |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=9115 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=1886 |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /> |current_cat_date=1946 |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=694030 |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes=42441 |dialing_codes_ref=<ref>[http://www.sakhalin.biz/info/ Телефонные коды Сахалина - Dialing codes of Sakhalin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014146/https://www.sakhalin.biz/info/ |date=December 17, 2017 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> |website=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017154429/http://www.aniva.marketcenter.ru/ }}
'''Aniva''' ({{langx|ru|Ани́ва}}) 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, {{convert|37|km|sp=us}} south of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=9,115|p2002=8,084|p1989=8,905}}
==History== It was founded in 1886<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=22}}</ref> as the village of '''Lyutoga''' ({{lang|ru|Лютога}}). In 1905, it was ceded to Japan with the rest of the southern part of Sakhalin by the Treaty of Portsmouth and renamed {{Nihongo|'''Rutaka'''|留多加町|Rutaka-chō}} by the Japanese. The village was recaptured by the Soviet Union in 1945; it was granted town status and renamed Aniva in 1946.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}
The origin of the name of the bay is most likely associated with the Ainu words “en” and “willow”. The first is usually translated as “existing, located”, and the second as “mountain range, rock, peak”; thus, “Aniva” can be translated as “having ridges” or “located among the ridges (mountains)”
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Aniva serves as the administrative center of Anivsky District and is subordinated to it.<ref name="Ref407">Law #25-ZO</ref> As a municipal division, the town of Aniva and fifteen rural localities of Anivsky District are incorporated as '''Anivsky Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref882">Law #524</ref>
==Economy== The town's economy relies mainly on fishing, particularly salmon.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
== Sister city == {{Flagdeco|Japan}} Higashikawa (since 2018).<ref>{{Cite web |title=美しい大地に、美しく生きる。写真文化首都 「写真の町」 北海道上川郡東川町のオフィシャルサイトです。 |url=https://higashikawa-town.jp/portal/machi/panel/9 |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=写真の町 東川町 |language=ja}}</ref>
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sak|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sak|mun|list}}
==External links== *[https://aniva.sakhalin.gov.ru/ Official website of Aniva] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114005607/https://aniva.sakhalin.gov.ru/ |date=January 14, 2023 }} {{in lang|ru}} *[https://aniva.jsprav.ru/ Directory of organizations in Aniva] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Sakhalin Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast Category:Populated coastal places in Russia