Aksay, West Kazakhstan Region
Town in West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Aksay Ақсай | |
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Town | |
Ақсай (Aqsay) | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
51°10′04″N 52°59′42″E / 51.16778°N 52.99500°E / 51.16778; 52.99500 | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | West Kazakhstan Region |
District | Borili District |
Established | 1936 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nurlan Nogayev |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 32,873 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (UTC + 5) |
Area code | 71133 |
Aksay (Kazakh: Ақсай, romanized: Aqsai) is a town in north-western Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Borili District in West Kazakhstan Region. Population: 32,873 (2009 Census results);[1] 28,953 (1999 Census results).[1]
It is an important oil and gas town, serving as an operational base for the nearby Karachaganak Field.
Climate
Aksay has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa).
Climate data for Aksay | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8.9 (16.0) | −8.2 (17.2) | −1.2 (29.8) | 13.6 (56.5) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.5 (81.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 27.8 (82.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 10.4 (50.7) | 0.9 (33.6) | −5.1 (22.8) | 10.9 (51.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.1 (1.2) | −17.3 (0.9) | −9.8 (14.4) | 1.9 (35.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 13.7 (56.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 14.0 (57.2) | 8.1 (46.6) | 0.7 (33.3) | −5.6 (21.9) | −12.4 (9.7) | 0.1 (32.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23 (0.9) | 18 (0.7) | 18 (0.7) | 20 (0.8) | 21 (0.8) | 37 (1.5) | 35 (1.4) | 25 (1.0) | 28 (1.1) | 31 (1.2) | 33 (1.3) | 32 (1.3) | 321 (12.6) |
Source: Climate-data.org |
References
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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