Posyet

Posyet () 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:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Posyet
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Посьет
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Посьет.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Port of Posyet, June 2016
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Primorsky Krai
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Khasansky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Urban-type settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 1671
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: April 11, 1860
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: 1943
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes

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Posyet () 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:

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