Aksay, West Kazakhstan Region
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Aksay
Ақсай | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Ақсай (Aqsay) | |
 | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Aksay | |
| Coordinates: 51°10′04″N 52°59′42″E / 51.16778°N 52.99500°E | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Region | West Kazakhstan Region |
| District | Borili District |
| Established | 1936 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yerkebulan Ikhsanov |
| 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
[edit]Aksay has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa).
| Climate data for Aksay | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- ^ 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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