Official Name: | Kulsary |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Atyrau Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Zhylyoi District |
Leader Title: | Akim |
Leader Name: | Kadirzhan Adinov[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 40 |
Timezone: | Central Asia Time |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 46.9833°N 55°W |
Kulsary (Kazakh: Құлсары, Qūlsary) is a town and the center of the Zhylyoi District in the Atyrau Region of western Kazakhstan.[2] Population:
The city is located 11 kilometers from the Emba River, and 230 kilometers from the city of Atyrau, the center of the Atyrau Region. The railroad station is on the Makat-Beyneu line.
The city is home to the mining of petroleum and a scrap metal processing plant. It also has a most remarkable cemetery made up of domed chambers large enough to be houses.[3]
Kulsary has a cold desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWk).