Posyet
For other uses, see Posyet (disambiguation).
| Posyet (English) Посьет (Russian) | |
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.svg.png) Location of Primorsky Krai in Russia | |
  Posyet | |
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Khasansky District |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 1,671 inhabitants[1] |
| Time zone | VLAT (UTC+10:00)[2] |
| Founded | April 11, 1860 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1943 |
| Previous names | Novgorodsky-Posyet |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 692705 |
| Posyet on WikiCommons | |
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 Konstantin Posyet (1819—1899).
History
A postcard of Posyet in the 1900s
It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai. It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet. 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) |
| Average 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 |
| Average relative 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 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ 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). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Climatebase". Retrieved June 8, 2012.
External links
- Unofficial website of Posyet (Russian)
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Entry on Posyet (Russian)
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