Nakhodka

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Nakhodka ({{lang-rus|Нахо́дка|p=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 {{convert|85|km|sp=us}} east of Vladivostok (169 kilometers by car [https://maintransport.ru/distance/vladivostok-nahodka]), the administrative center of the krai. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=159,719|p2002=148,826|p1989=160,056}}{{Historical populations|1959|63725|1970|103659|1979|133201|1989|160056|2002|148826|2010|159719|2021|139931|type=|source=Censuses{{cite web|title=(USSR) Urban population of the union republics, and their territorial units|url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/census.php}}{{ cite web | url = http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls | title = Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года. Том. 1, таблица 4. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов - райцентров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120203125040/http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls | url-status = dead | archivedate = 2012-02-03 }}{{ cite web | url = http://krasstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/krasstat/resources/20d7bd804eba60379580f5263284271d/1.10.xlsx | title = Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Итоги по Красноярскому краю. 1.10 Численность населения гор.округов, мун.районов, гор. и сел. поселе | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222093629/http://krasstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/krasstat/resources/20d7bd804eba60379580f5263284271d/1.10.xlsx | url-status = dead | archivedate = 2015-12-22 }}{{cite web | url = https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx | title = Таблица 5. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, городских округов, муниципальных районов, муниципальных округов, городских и сельских поселений, городских населенных пунктов, сельских населенных пунктов с населением 3000 человек и более - Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2021 года | accessdate = 2021-10-01 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220901194902/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx | url-status = dead | archivedate = 2022-09-01 }}}}

History

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.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.

Until the 20th century, the area around the bay remained uninhabited.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} 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|date=June 2010}}

Administrative and municipal status

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.Law #161-KZ As a municipal division, Nakhodka City Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Nakhodkinsky Urban Okrug.Law #183-KZ

Geography

=Climate=

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 {{convert|-9.3|C}}; in August (the warmest month), it is {{convert|+20.6|C}}. It is classified as a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb, Trewartha climate classification Dcbo) 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 {{convert|10|C|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.

{{Weather box

|location= Nakhodka

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|Jan record high C = 9

|Feb record high C = 7

|Mar record high C = 16

|Apr record high C = 30

|May record high C = 29

|Jun record high C = 30

|Jul record high C = 37

|Aug record high C = 34

|Sep record high C = 27

|Oct record high C = 23

|Nov record high C = 22

|Dec record high C = 10

|year record high C = 37

|Jan high C = -6.2

|Feb high C = -3

|Mar high C = 2.7

|Apr high C = 9.4

|May high C = 14.5

|Jun high C = 18.8

|Jul high C = 22.2

|Aug high C = 23.6

|Sep high C = 20

|Oct high C = 13.5

|Nov high C = 4.8

|Dec high C = -2.8

|year high C = 9.9

|Jan mean C = -9.3

|Feb mean C = -5.9

|Mar mean C = -0.1

|Apr mean C = 6.1

|May mean C = 11

|Jun mean C = 15.3

|Jul mean C = 19

|Aug mean C = 20.6

|Sep mean C = 17

|Oct mean C = 10.5

|Nov mean C = 1.8

|Dec mean C = -6

|year mean C = 6.9

|Jan low C = -12.2

|Feb low C = -8.8

|Mar low C = -3

|Apr low C = 2.8

|May low C = 7.8

|Jun low C = 12.3

|Jul low C = 16.2

|Aug low C = 17.9

|Sep low C = 14.2

|Oct low C = 7.7

|Nov low C = -0.8

|Dec low C = -8.7

|year low C = 3.9

|Jan record low C = −27

|Feb record low C = −22

|Mar record low C = −15

|Apr record low C = −7

|May record low C = 1

|Jun record low C = 3

|Jul record low C = 6

|Aug record low C = 11

|Sep record low C = 2

|Oct record low C = −7

|Nov record low C = −18

|Dec record low C = −22

|year record low C = −27

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 38

|Feb precipitation mm = 32

|Mar precipitation mm = 37

|Apr precipitation mm = 44

|May precipitation mm = 71

|Jun precipitation mm = 102

|Jul precipitation mm = 141

|Aug precipitation mm = 141

|Sep precipitation mm = 105

|Oct precipitation mm = 58

|Nov precipitation mm = 51

|Dec precipitation mm = 40

|year precipitation mm = 860

| Jan precipitation days =5

| Feb precipitation days =7

| Mar precipitation days =9

| Apr precipitation days =10

| May precipitation days =9

| Jun precipitation days =14

| Jul precipitation days =13

| Aug precipitation days =12

| Sep precipitation days =10

| Oct precipitation days =8

| Nov precipitation days =9

| Dec precipitation days =6

| Jan rain days =0

| Feb rain days =1

| Mar rain days =2

| Apr rain days =9

| May rain days =9

| Jun rain days =14

| Jul rain days =13

| Aug rain days =12

| Sep rain days =10

| Oct rain days =8

| Nov rain days =6

| Dec rain days =2

| Jan snow days =5

| Feb snow days =6

| Mar snow days =7

| Apr snow days =2

| May snow days =0

| Jun snow days =0

| Jul snow days =0

| Aug snow days =0

| Sep snow days =0

| Oct snow days =1

| Nov snow days =3

| Dec snow days =5

|source 1 = Primorsky-Meteo{{cite web|url=http://primorsky-meteo.ru/nahodka/pivot/temperature|language=ru|title=Nakhodka climate normalspublisher=Primorsky-Meteo|access-date=20 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118070343/http://primorsky-meteo.ru/nahodka/pivot/temperature|archive-date=November 18, 2011|url-status=dead}}

|date = August 2010

|source 2 = Weatherbase{{cite web

| url = http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=7913&refer=&units=us

| title = Nakhodka Climate Normals

| publisher = Weatherbase

| access-date = 20 April 2017}}

}}

Economy and infrastructure <span class="anchor" id="Port of Nakhodka"></span><span class="anchor" id="Economy of Nakhodka"></span>

File:Stores in Nakhodka Fishing Port.JPG

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.

File:Nakhodka region rail map osm 2025.svg

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

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

File:Port of Nakhodka (WR).tif

Nakhodka has the following sister city relationships:

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City ! State/province ! Country ! Date
Maizuru \| 24px Kyoto \| {{Flag\|Japan}} \| June 1961{{Ref\|1\|1}}
Otaru \| 24px Hokkaido \| {{Flag\|Japan}} \| September 12, 1966
Bellingham \| {{Flag\|Washington}} \| {{Flag\|United States}} \| April 1975
Oakland \| {{Flag\|California}} \| {{Flag\|United States}} \| April 1975
Tsuruga \| 24px Fukui \| {{Flag\|Japan}} \| October 1982
Jilin \| {{Flagicon\|China}} Jilin \| {{Flag\|China}} \| July 1991
Donghae \| 24px Gangwon \| {{Flag\|South Korea}} \| December 1991
Clare \| {{Flag\|Michigan}} \| {{Flag\|United States}} \| October 1997
Phuket \| 24px Phuket Province \| {{Flag\|Thailand}} \| September 21, 2006

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City

! State/province

! Country

! Date

Maizuru

| 24px Kyoto

| {{Flag|Japan}}

| June 1961{{Ref|1|1}}

Otaru

| 24px Hokkaido

| {{Flag|Japan}}