Nakhodka (Russian: Нахо́дка, IPA: [nɐˈxotkə], means "finding") is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about 85 kilometers (53 mi) east of Vladivostok (169 kilometers by car [1]), the administrative center of the krai. Population: 159,719 (2010 Census);[2] 148,826 (2002 Census);[6] 160,056 (1989 Soviet census).[7]

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Nakhodka is located in Russia
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Nakhodka is located in Primorsky Krai
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Nakhodka (Primorsky Krai)
Coordinates: 42°49′N 132°52′E / 42.817°N 132.867°E / 42.817; 132.867
CountryRussia
Federal subjectPrimorsky Krai[1]
Founded1864Edit this on Wikidata
City status sinceMay 18, 1950
Government
 • HeadOleg Kolyadin
Area
 • Total325.9 km2 (125.8 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 • Total159,719
 • Rank110th in 2010
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toNakhodka City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
 • Capital ofNakhodka City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
 • Urban okrugNakhodkinsky Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofNakhodkinsky Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+10 (MSK+7 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
690890, 692900–692906, 692909–692911, 692913, 692914, 692916–692924, 692926, 692928–692930, 692939–692941, 692943, 692952–692954, 692956
Dialing code(s)+7 4236
OKTMO ID05714000001
City DayLast Sunday in May
Websitewww.nakhodka-city.ru

History

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The Nakhodka Bay, around which the city is organized, was first known to the Russians on the corvette Amerika, which sought shelter in the bay during a storm in 1859. In honor of this occasion, the ice-free and relatively calm bay was named Nakhodka, which in Russian means "discovery" or "lucky find".

An imperial settlement existed here from 1868 to 1872 but was abandoned following the death of its administrator, Harald Furuhjelm. In the fall of 1870, Otto Wilhelm Lindholm established a whaling station across the bay from the settlement. In the spring of 1871 he fitted out his schooner Hannah Rice and sailed to Posyet, where he caught six gray whales.[8]

Until the 20th century, the area around the bay remained uninhabited.[citation needed] When the Soviet government decided to build a harbor in the area in the 1930s, a number of small settlements were founded, which were merged as a work settlement in the 1940s. On May 18, 1950, the settlement, by then with a population of about 28,000 residents, was granted town status.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated as Nakhodka City Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Nakhodka City Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Nakhodkinsky Urban Okrug.[3]

Geography

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Climate

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Nakhodka has one of the mildest climates in Primorsky Krai and in the whole of the Asian part of Russia. Average temperature in January is −9.3 °C (15.3 °F); in August (the warmest month), it is +20.6 °C (69.1 °F). It is classified as a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) due to the vast seasonal differences and is a very cold climate for a coastal location below 43 degrees latitude. The maritime influence is manifested in low diurnal temperature variation and a vast summer seasonal lag. Due to the influence of the interior, there is a sharp drop in temperatures between October and November. Half of the year has mean temperatures above 10 °C (50 °F), in spite of the warmest month being only moderately warm and the coldest month having quite severe cold, with a very low seasonal lag in winter.

Climate data for Nakhodka
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 9
(48)
7
(45)
16
(61)
30
(86)
29
(84)
30
(86)
37
(99)
34
(93)
27
(81)
23
(73)
22
(72)
10
(50)
37
(99)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −6.2
(20.8)
−3
(27)
2.7
(36.9)
9.4
(48.9)
14.5
(58.1)
18.8
(65.8)
22.2
(72.0)
23.6
(74.5)
20
(68)
13.5
(56.3)
4.8
(40.6)
−2.8
(27.0)
9.9
(49.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −9.3
(15.3)
−5.9
(21.4)
−0.1
(31.8)
6.1
(43.0)
11
(52)
15.3
(59.5)
19
(66)
20.6
(69.1)
17
(63)
10.5
(50.9)
1.8
(35.2)
−6
(21)
6.9
(44.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −12.2
(10.0)
−8.8
(16.2)
−3
(27)
2.8
(37.0)
7.8
(46.0)
12.3
(54.1)
16.2
(61.2)
17.9
(64.2)
14.2
(57.6)
7.7
(45.9)
−0.8
(30.6)
−8.7
(16.3)
3.9
(39.0)
Record low °C (°F) −27
(−17)
−22
(−8)
−15
(5)
−7
(19)
1
(34)
3
(37)
6
(43)
11
(52)
2
(36)
−7
(19)
−18
(0)
−22
(−8)
−27
(−17)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 38
(1.5)
32
(1.3)
37
(1.5)
44
(1.7)
71
(2.8)
102
(4.0)
141
(5.6)
141
(5.6)
105
(4.1)
58
(2.3)
51
(2.0)
40
(1.6)
860
(33.9)
Average precipitation days 5 7 9 10 9 14 13 12 10 8 9 6 112
Average rainy days 0 1 2 9 9 14 13 12 10 8 6 2 86
Average snowy days 5 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 29
Source 1: Primorsky-Meteo[9]
Source 2: Weatherbase[10]

Economy and infrastructure

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Nakhodka Port, September 2010

The city's economy, based mostly around a port and port-related activity such as fish processing and canning, had suffered since 1991 as Vladivostok was opened to foreign activity again. Local industry also took a hit during the 1998 Russian financial crisis.

Nakhodka is a transport junction where goods from Japan are transferred from ships in the Port of Vostochny onto the Russian railway system, including the Trans-Siberian Railway portion of the Eurasian Land Bridge. JSC Vostochny Port, a stevedoring company, is headquartered in the city.

The Port of Kozmino has been since 2012 the eastern terminus of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline.

Sports

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FC Okean Nakhodka was the only professional sport club in the city. It spent the 1992 and 1993 seasons in the Russian Premier League, although the club later folded and was refounded in the amateur leagues. It is also the home town of association football player Viktor Fayzulin.

Twin towns and sister cities

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Roadstead at the Port of Nakhodka

Nakhodka has the following sister city relationships:

City State/province Country Date
Maizuru   Kyoto   Japan June 19611
Otaru   Hokkaido   Japan September 12, 1966
Bellingham   Washington   United States April 1975
Oakland   California   United States April 1975
Tsuruga   Fukui   Japan October 1982
Jilin   Jilin   China July 1991
Donghae   Gangwon   South Korea December 1991
Clare   Michigan   United States October 1997
Phuket   Phuket Province   Thailand September 21, 2006

^1 First Soviet Union-Japan sister city

Notable people

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Law #161-KZ
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b c Law #183-KZ
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  8. ^ Lindholm, O. V., Haes, T. A., & Tyrtoff, D. N. (2008). Beyond the frontiers of imperial Russia: From the memoirs of Otto W. Lindholm. Javea, Spain: A. de Haes OWL Publishing.
  9. ^ "Nakhodka climate normalspublisher=Primorsky-Meteo" (in Russian). Archived from the original on November 18, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  10. ^ "Nakhodka Climate Normals". Weatherbase. Retrieved April 20, 2017.

Sources

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  • Законодательное Собрание Приморского края. Закон №161-КЗ от 14 ноября 2001 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Приморского края», в ред. Закона №673-КЗ от 6 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Приморского края "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Приморского края"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Красное знамя Приморья", №69 (119), 29 ноября 2001 г. (Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Law #161-KZ of November 14, 2001 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Primorsky Krai, as amended by the Law #673-KZ of October 6, 2015 On Amending the Law of Primorsky Krai "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Primorsky Krai". Effective as of the official publication date.).
  • Законодательное Собрание Приморского края. Закон №183-КЗ от 6 декабря 2004 г. «О Находкинском городском округе». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г.. Опубликован: "Ведомости Законодательного Собрания Приморского края", №77, 8 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Law #183-KZ of December 6, 2004 On Nakhodkinsky Urban Okrug. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).