| Posyet Посьет | |
|---|---|
| Urban-type settlement | |
 Port of Posyet, June 2016 | |
| Location of Posyet | |
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| Coordinates: 42°40′N 130°48′E / 42.667°N 130.800°E / 42.667; 130.800 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Khasansky District |
| Founded | April 11, 1860 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1943 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,671 |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  ) |
| Postal code(s) | 692705 |
| OKTMO ID | 05648158051 |
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); 2,927 (2002 Census); 2,223 (1989 Soviet census).
Etymology
It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819–1899).
History
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 Dwb, close to Dwa) with warm-hot, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall. Both winters and summers in Posyet are one of the warmest in whole Russian Far East.
| Climate data for Posyet | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.3 (95.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.5 (−15.7) |
−22.2 (−8.0) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5.4 (41.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11 (0.4) |
9 (0.4) |
19 (0.7) |
43 (1.7) |
89 (3.5) |
100 (3.9) |
153 (6.0) |
151 (5.9) |
90 (3.5) |
53 (2.1) |
31 (1.2) |
12 (0.5) |
762 (30.0) |
| Average 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 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ 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 (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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 (in Russian).
- 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 (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики . 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
- Хасанский район. История посёлка Посьет
- "Climatebase". Retrieved June 8, 2012.
External links
- Unofficial website of Posyet (in Russian)
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Entry on Posyet (in Russian)
| Administrative divisions of Primorsky Krai | ||
|---|---|---|
| Administrative center: Vladivostok • Rural localities | ||
| Districts |  | |
| Cities and towns | ||
| Urban-type settlements | ||
 Khasansky District | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barabashskoye Rural Settlement | Barabash | Barsovy | Zanadvorovka | Kravtsovka | Obchinikovo | Provalovo | Filipovka |  |
| Bezverkhovskoye Rural Settlement | Bezverkhovo | Kedorvaya | Narva | Perevznoye | Pozharsky | Sukhaya Rechka | |
| Zarubinskoye Urban Settlement | ||
| Kraskinskoye Urban Settlement | Zaysanovka | Kamyshovoye | Kraskino | Mayachnoye | Tsukanovo | Shakhtyorsky | |
| Posyetskoye Urban Settlement | Gvozdevo | Posyet | |
| Primorskoye Urban Settlement | Primorsky | |
| Slavyanskoye Urban Settlement | Baza Kruglaya | Bamburovo | Mayak Byuse | Poyma | Romashka | Ryazanovka | Slavyanka | |
| Khasanskoye Urban Settlement | Lebedinoye | Khasan | |
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