Pogranichny Пограничный | |
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Location of Pogranichny  | |
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| Coordinates:44°24′N131°23′E / 44.400°N 131.383°E /44.400; 131.383 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Pogranichny District |
| Gorodevko | 1898 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1936 |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,280 |
| • Capital of | Pogranichny District |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 692582 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42345 |
| OKTMO ID | 05632151051 |
Pogranichny (Russian:Пограни́чный) is anurban locality (anurban-type settlement) and theadministrative center ofPogranichny District ofPrimorsky Krai,Russia, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) east of theChina–Russia border and 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest ofVladivostok. Population:10,280 (2010 Census);[1]12,221 (2002 Census);[4]11,333 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
In 1898Orenburg Cossacks from the first Host district founded theGrodekovo (Гроде́ково)railway station, named afterNikolay Ivanovich Grodekov [ru], Governor General ofPriamurye (in office: 1898–1902). The settlement received its present name, "Pogranichny" – which means "border (town)" – in 1958.[6]
The railway station in Pogranichny (still calledGrodekovo for railway purposes) is the first one east of the Sino-Russian border on theHarbin–Ussuriysk (for Vladivostok) branch of the formerChinese Eastern Railway, the "Trans Manchurian Line". There are currently (December 2013) no through passenger trains between Harbin and Ussuriysk; however, two local trains daily in each direction connectSuifenhe (the last Chinese station on the western side of the border) to Pogranichny. The 27-km journey takes around 1 hour and 25 minutes.[7]
Pogranichny has ahumid continental climate (Köppen climate classificationDwb), with very cold and dry winters and very warm and wet summers.
| Climate data for Pogranichny | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) | 13.7 (56.7) | 21.3 (70.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.9 (98.4) | 39.0 (102.2) | 39.2 (102.6) | 33.5 (92.3) | 30.4 (86.7) | 21.3 (70.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.5 (14.9) | −5.2 (22.6) | 2.7 (36.9) | 12.9 (55.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 14.0 (57.2) | 2.3 (36.1) | −7.0 (19.4) | 10.7 (51.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) | −11.7 (10.9) | −3.9 (25.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 14.4 (57.9) | 6.5 (43.7) | −4.0 (24.8) | −12.7 (9.1) | 4.1 (39.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.4 (−4.7) | −17.0 (1.4) | −9.4 (15.1) | −0.7 (30.7) | 5.7 (42.3) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 8.8 (47.8) | 0.7 (33.3) | −9.1 (15.6) | −17.4 (0.7) | −1.3 (29.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.9 (−34.4) | −33.0 (−27.4) | −27.6 (−17.7) | −14.5 (5.9) | −4.2 (24.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 5.1 (41.2) | 5.6 (42.1) | −3.1 (26.4) | −13.1 (8.4) | −28.6 (−19.5) | −35.2 (−31.4) | −36.9 (−34.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 6.7 (0.26) | 8.1 (0.32) | 13.1 (0.52) | 25.3 (1.00) | 58.6 (2.31) | 95.3 (3.75) | 117.2 (4.61) | 122.5 (4.82) | 64.5 (2.54) | 37.2 (1.46) | 14.5 (0.57) | 9.5 (0.37) | 572.5 (22.53) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 77.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 63.2 | 58.8 | 55.7 | 56.1 | 64.4 | 74.0 | 81.8 | 78.7 | 70.2 | 59.3 | 59.0 | 61.8 | 65.3 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 183 | 190 | 230 | 215 | 239 | 215 | 208 | 210 | 222 | 214 | 182 | 163 | 2,471 |
| Source 1: climatebase.ru (1930-2008)[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[9] | |||||||||||||
Russian actorLeonid Yarmolnik and Mayor ofBarnaulVladimir Kolganov were born in Grodekovo. Russian poetArseny Nesmelov died here.
