Poronaysk
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.svg) Location of Sakhalin Oblast in Russia |
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| Coordinates: 49°13′N 143°07′E / 49.217°N 143.117°ECoordinates: 49°13′N 143°07′E / 49.217°N 143.117°E | |
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Administrative center of | Poronaysky District[citation needed] |
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| Urban okrug | Poronaysky Urban Okrug[citation needed] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
16,099 inhabitants[1] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 17,954 inhabitants[2] |
| Founded | 1869[citation needed] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42431[citation needed] |
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Poronaysk (Russian: Порона́йск; Japanese: 敷香, "Shikuka" or "Shisuka"; Ainu: Sistukari or Sisi Tukari[3]) is a town and the administrative center of Poronaysky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the Poronay River 288 kilometers (179 mi) north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 16,099 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 17,954 (2002 Census);[2] 25,971 (1989 Census).[4]
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[edit] History
It was founded in 1869 as a Russian outpost Tikhmenevsky near the Nivkh and Ainu settlements in the area. The Treaty of Portsmouth transferred it to Japanese control along with the rest of the southern half of the Sakhalin Island. It was renamed Shikuka (敷香), remaining under Japanese control until the Soviet Army retook the whole of the island in 1945.
After the town had been granted to the Soviet Union, it was named Poronaysk in 1946, after the river on which it stands. The river's name is from an Ainu term meaning Broad River.
[edit] Climate
Poronaysk, owing to the cold Sea of Okhotsk surrounding the town, has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with short, mild and very foggy summers and very cold winters.
| Climate data for Poronaysk (1964-1994) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −22.8 (−9.0) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42.2 (−44.0) |
−38.9 (−38.0) |
−33.9 (−29.0) |
−23.9 (−11.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−30 (−22) |
−35 (−31) |
−42.2 (−44.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 16.3 (0.642) |
21.6 (0.85) |
63.0 (2.48) |
45.5 (1.791) |
71.6 (2.819) |
98.3 (3.87) |
121.7 (4.791) |
94.7 (3.728) |
118.4 (4.661) |
91.2 (3.591) |
53.1 (2.091) |
41.7 (1.642) |
837.1 (32.957) |
| Sunshine hours | 136.4 | 163.8 | 192.2 | 183.0 | 186.0 | 174.0 | 139.5 | 145.7 | 174.0 | 170.5 | 129.0 | 117.8 | 1,911.9 |
| Source no. 1: Global Bioclimatics | |||||||||||||
| Source no. 2: Poronaysk, Russia (sunshine hours) | |||||||||||||
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
Poronaysk has a paper mill, as well as timber and fishing industries. Sakhalinskaya GRES power station is supplied with coal from an open cut mine close to the town.
The town lies on the island's railway network, as well as on the main highway connecting Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky.
[edit] Sister city
[edit] References
- ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Bronisław Piłsudski, Jan Michał Rozwadowski, Materials for the study of the Ainu language and folklore, Imperial academy of sciences (Spasowicz fund), 1912, p. 177.
- ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ The Russian presence in Japan
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