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Oral (Kazakh: Орал, romanized: Oral (
listen)), known in Russian as Uralsk, is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chagan rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western bank of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe. It is the capital of the West Kazakhstan Region. The ethnic composition is dominated by Kazakhs (71%) and Russians (25%). Population: 271,900 (2009 Census results);[2] 194,905 (1999 Census results).[2]
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Оral
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  Оral Location in Kazakhstan  Оral Location in Europe | |
| Coordinates: 51°13′21″N 51°22′21″E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | West Kazakhstan Region |
| Founded | 1584 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1613 |
| Government | |
| • Akim (mayor) | Mirzhan Satkanov |
| Area | |
| • City | 700 km2 (300 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • City | 330,000 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 234,184 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UTC+5) |
| Postal code | 090000 - 090013 |
| Area code | +7 7112 [1] |
| Vehicle registration | L, 07 |
| Website | uralsk |
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Geography
Climate
The climate of Oral is continental with long cold winters and warm, often hot summers. Under the Köppen climate classification, Oral has a cold semiarid climate (Köppen Bsk). Summers are extremely hot considering its position north of the 51st parallel, but winters are more reminiscent of continental climates further east than Europe.
| Climate data for Oral (1991–2020, extremes 1839–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
35.4 (95.7) |
41.8 (107.2) |
41.6 (106.9) |
42.3 (108.1) |
38.8 (101.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
42.3 (108.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −14.1 (6.6) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43.1 (−45.6) |
−40.5 (−40.9) |
−35.2 (−31.4) |
−24.3 (−11.7) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−32.6 (−26.7) |
−39.2 (−38.6) |
−43.1 (−45.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) |
21 (0.8) |
25 (1.0) |
24 (0.9) |
32 (1.3) |
32 (1.3) |
39 (1.5) |
22 (0.9) |
27 (1.1) |
37 (1.5) |
27 (1.1) |
27 (1.1) |
338 (13.3) |
| Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 20 (7.9) |
29 (11) |
23 (9.1) |
2 (0.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 (1.2) |
10 (3.9) |
29 (11) |
| Average rainy days | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 103 |
| Average snowy days | 20 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 80 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 81 | 81 | 65 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 61 | 73 | 83 | 83 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 84 | 120 | 165 | 227 | 314 | 304 | 324 | 293 | 220 | 136 | 64 | 65 | 2,316 |
| Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun, 1961–1990)[4] | |||||||||||||
Sport
FC Akzhayik are a Kazakhstani football club based in Petr Atoyan Stadium.
Bandy is the principal sport in the city. Akzhayik Sports Club, based in the Yunost Stadium, is the only professional team in the country and plays in the second highest division of Russia.[5] In September 2017, the Kazakhstan Bandy Federation bought the club.[6]
The city sent a team to the Spartakiade 2009 and the finished second.[7] All the players of the Under-23 national team in the 2013–14 season came from Oral.[8] After the Kazakhstan national bandy team took the gold medal at the 2011 Asian Winter Games, the team came back to Oral in triumph.[9]
References
- "Алматы қаласыАлмалы ауданыӘкімінің аппараты". www.almaly.almaty.kz.
- "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- "Weather and Climate - The Climate of Uralsk/Oral" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- "Uralsk (Oral) Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- "Akzhayik / LiveTV". www.livetv.ru. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Google Translate". translate.google.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- [dead link]
- "Google Translate". translate.google.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- Video from the triumphant homecoming Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- "Uralsk, Kazakhstan". NASA Earth Observatory. Archived from the original on 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2006-05-01.
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На других языках
[de] Oral (Stadt)
Oral (kasachisch Орал; russisch Уральск Uralsk) ist eine Großstadt in Kasachstan. Sie befindet sich im Westen des Landes am nördlichen Rand der Kaspischen Senke unweit der Grenze zu Russland rund 250 Kilometer südlich von Samara und etwa 300 Kilometer westlich von Orenburg. Am rechten Ufer des Ural gelegen gehört die Stadt geografisch gesehen zu Europa. Die Stadt ist Verwaltungszentrum und mit 235.764 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2021) zugleich größte Stadt des Gebietes Westkasachstan.- [en] Oral, Kazakhstan
[ru] Уральск
Ура́льск, или Ора́л (каз. Орал, Oral; до 1775 года — Я́ицкий городок) — город в европейской части Казахстана. Уральск расположен в Западном Казахстане, на реке Урал. Административный центр Западно-Казахстанской области, расположен на северной окраине Прикаспийской низменности. Площадь города в пределах городской черты — 209,83 км²[2], в границах территории Уральской городской администрации, — 731,33 км²[5], население 322 720 человек[3], представляющих 83 разные национальности и народности. Населённые пункты, административно подчинённые городскому акимату: посёлки Зачаганск, Деркул и Круглоозёрное, сёла Кордон, Ливкино, Маштаково, Меловые Горки и Серебряково, пос. Желаево.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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