Official Name: | Kurmangazy |
Image Caption: | Mosque in Kurmangazy |
Native Name: | Құрманғазы Qūrmanğazy |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kazakhstan |
Population Total: | 13 400 |
Coordinates: | 46.6°N 49.2667°W |
Timezone Dst: | +5 |
Elevation M: | -23 |
Elevation Ft: | -75.5 |
Kurmangazy or Kazakh: Qūrmanğazy|italic=no (kk|Құрманғазы pronounced as /kk/), known before 2018 as Ganyushkin(o) (kk|Ганюшкин; ru|Ганюшкино), is the administrative center of the Kurmangazy District, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan. Kurmangazy is situated at 46°38'N, 49°08'E with an elevation of -23m (-75feet). Kurmangazy is in the west of Atyrau and close to the north shore of the Caspian Sea and the Kazakhstan–Russia border. It is in the area west of the Ural River and thus in the European part of Kazakhstan. Population: It was named after Kazakh composer Qūrmanğazy Sağyrbaev.
Kurmangazy has a cold desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWk) with cold winters and warm summers.