Coordinates: 42°40′N 130°48′E / 42.667°N 130.800°E / 42.667; 130.800

Posyet

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Posyet
Посьет
Port of Posyet, June 2016
Port of Posyet, June 2016
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CountryRussia
Federal subjectPrimorsky Krai
Administrative districtKhasansky District
FoundedApril 11, 1860
Urban-type settlement status since1943
Population
 • Total
1,671
Postal code[2]
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);[3] 2,223 (1989 Soviet census).[4]

Etymology

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It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819–1899).

History

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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.[5] The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition.

Economy

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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

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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)
13.3
(55.9)
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[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
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  5. ^ Хасанский район. История посёлка Посьет
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