Posyet
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| Posyet (English) Посьет (Russian) | |
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| - Urban-type settlement - | |
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Khasansky District[citation needed] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 1,671 inhabitants[1] |
| Time zone | VLAT (UTC+11:00)[2] |
| Founded | April 11, 1860[citation needed] |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1943[citation needed] |
| Previous names | Novgorodsky-Posyet[citation needed] |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 692705 |
Posyet (Russian: Посье́т) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, and an ice-free port on the Possiet Bay. Population: 1,671 (2010 Census);[1] 2,927 (2002 Census);[4] 2,223 (1989 Census).[5]
Etymology
It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantine Posyet (1819—1899).
History
A postcard of Posyet in the 1900s
It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai.[citation needed] It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet.[citation needed] The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition.
Economy
Largest enterprise JSC Commercial port of Posyet is owned by Mechel. It is in possession of three 450-meter (1,480 ft) mooring lines of gravitational type.
Climate
Posyet has a monsoonal humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa) with warm, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall.
| Climate data for Posyet | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.1 (97) |
36.0 (96.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
26.1 (79) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
36.1 (97) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.0 (59) |
5.0 (41) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
11.1 (52) |
14.9 (58.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.1 (70) |
16.7 (62.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−7.2 (19) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −14.1 (6.6) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.2 (45) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.0 (41) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−11.1 (12) |
2.4 (36.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −28.0 (−18.4) |
−26.1 (−15) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.4 (32.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
1.1 (34) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−25.0 (−13) |
−28.0 (−18.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 15.8 (0.622) |
11.7 (0.461) |
20.7 (0.815) |
46.7 (1.839) |
76.5 (3.012) |
151.2 (5.953) |
148.2 (5.835) |
201.9 (7.949) |
96.5 (3.799) |
36.8 (1.449) |
24.0 (0.945) |
13.6 (0.535) |
843.6 (33.214) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 3.7 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 19.1 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 106.9 |
| % humidity | 55.0 | 55.4 | 58.0 | 68.0 | 78.9 | 85.6 | 90.3 | 83.6 | 75.0 | 66.2 | 59.1 | 55.4 | 69.2 |
| Source: climatebase.ru[6] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Russian)
- ↑ "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров." [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ "Climatebase". Retrieved June 8, 2012.
External links
- Unofficial website of Posyet (Russian)
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Entry on Posyet (Russian)
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