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Location of Sakhalin Oblast in Russia |
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Poronaysk
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Administrative center of | Poronaysky District |
| Municipal status | |
| Urban okrug | Poronaysky Urban Okrug |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
16,099 inhabitants[1] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 17,954 inhabitants[2] |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42431 |
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Poronaysk (Russian: Порона́йск; Japanese: 敷香, "Shikuka" or "Shisuka"; Ainu: Sistukari or Sisi Tukari[3]) is a town and the administrative center of Poronaysky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the Poronay River 288 kilometers (179 mi) north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 16,099 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 17,954 (2002 Census);[2] 25,971 (1989 Census).[4]
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It was founded in 1869 as a Russian outpost Tikhmenevsky near the Nivkh and Ainu settlements in the area. The Treaty of Portsmouth transferred it to Japanese control along with the rest of the southern half of the Sakhalin Island. It was renamed Shikuka (敷香), remaining under Japanese control until the Soviet Army retook the whole of the island in 1945.
After the town had been granted to the Soviet Union, it was named Poronaysk in 1946, after the river on which it stands. The river's name is from an Ainu term meaning Broad River.
Poronaysk, owing to the cold Sea of Okhotsk surrounding the town, has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with short, mild and very foggy summers and very cold winters.
| Climate data for Poronaysk (1964-1994) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −22.8 (−9.0) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42.2 (−44.0) |
−38.9 (−38.0) |
−33.9 (−29.0) |
−23.9 (−11.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−30 (−22) |
−35 (−31) |
−42.2 (−44.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 16.3 (0.642) |
21.6 (0.85) |
63.0 (2.48) |
45.5 (1.791) |
71.6 (2.819) |
98.3 (3.87) |
121.7 (4.791) |
94.7 (3.728) |
118.4 (4.661) |
91.2 (3.591) |
53.1 (2.091) |
41.7 (1.642) |
837.1 (32.957) |
| Sunshine hours | 136.4 | 163.8 | 192.2 | 183.0 | 186.0 | 174.0 | 139.5 | 145.7 | 174.0 | 170.5 | 129.0 | 117.8 | 1,911.9 |
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| Source no. 2: Poronaysk, Russia (sunshine hours) | |||||||||||||
Poronaysk has a paper mill, as well as timber and fishing industries. Sakhalinskaya GRES power station is supplied with coal from an open cut mine close to the town.
The town lies on the island's railway network, as well as on the main highway connecting Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky.
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