Saryshaghan Explained

Official Name:Saryshaghan
Other Name:Saryşağan
Native Name:kaz. Сарышаған, Saryşağan
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:280
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Karagandy Province, Aqtogay, Kazakhstan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name:Kazakhstan
Subdivision Name1:Karaganda Region
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1956
Settlement Type:Town
Timezone Dst:UTC+6
Utc Offset Dst:+6
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:100314

Saryshaghan (Kazakh: Сарышаған, Saryşağan) is a town in Kazakhstan located on the coast of Lake Balkhash at Latitude (DMS): 46° 7' 9 N Longitude (DMS): 73° 37' 9 E in Karaganda Region. Its population is estimated at 11,000 inhabitants.

Sary Shagan is a site of the major antiballistic missile defense test range in the Soviet Union.[1] The first nonnuclear intercept of a ballistic missile warhead by a missile was accomplished there on 4 March 1961.

Climate

Saryshaghan has a cold desert climate (Köppen: BWk)[2] with very cold winters and hot summers.

References

  1. Book: Buyers, Lydia M.. Central Asia in Focus: Political and Economic Issues. 2003. Nova Publishers. 978-1-59033-153-8. 93. en.
  2. Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. . Nature: Scientific Data . en.