Aqtogai District, Pavlodar Region

Aktogay Ақтоғай
District
Ақтоғай ауданы
Irtysh River in Aktogay District
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Pavlodar Region
Administrative center	Aktogay
Founded	1938
Government
• Akim	Arynov Karshyga Zalmukhanovich
Area
• Total	3,800 sq mi (9,800 km2)
Population  (2013)
• Total	13,735
Time zone	UTC+6 (East)

Aqtogai (Kazakh: Ақтоғай ауданы, Aqtoğai audany) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Aqtogay. Population: 13,735 (2013 estimate); 15,114 (2009 Census results); 21,056 (1999 Census results).

Physico-geographical characteristic

Geographic location

The area is 9.8 thousand km² (7.69% of the territory of the region). It occupies the 5th place in terms of size among the districts of the region. Aktogay District is located in the south of the West Siberian Plain, on the left bank of the Irtysh. In the north it borders on Irtysh district, in the south - on the rural areas of the cities of Aksu and Ekibastuz, in the west - on Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions, in the east - with Terenkol region and Pavlodar regions along the Irtysh river.

Climate

Climate Sharply continental climate. The average temperature in January is -17°-19°C, in July - +20°+21°C. Annual amount of atmospheric precipitation - 250-300 mm.

Relief and Hydrography

The relief of the territory is flat (Irtysh plain). There are numerous salt lakes, such as Zhamantuz. Reserves of natural building materials have been explored in the bowels. Minerals: common salt, sands, clays.

Flora and fauna

The vegetation is steppe, forb-feather grass; poplar, maple, willow, meadowsweet grow in the river valleys. Live wolf, fox, hare, korsak, badger, gopher, hamster.