Oral, Kazakhstan Explained

Settlement Type:City
Official Name:Oral
Native Name:
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan#Europe
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:280
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kazakhstan##Location in Europe
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name:Kazakhstan
Subdivision Name1:West Kazakhstan Region
Established Title:First Settled
Established Title2:Founded
Established Date2:1584
Established Title3:Incorporated (city)
Established Date3:1613
Leader Title:Akim (mayor)
Leader Name:Mirzhan Satkanov
Area Total Km2:700
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:330000
Population Urban:234184
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:UTC+5
Utc Offset:+5
Coordinates:51.2225°N 51.3725°W
Elevation M:35
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:090000 - 090013
Area Code:+7 7112 [1]
Registration Plate:L, 07
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Oral (Орал, in Kazakh pronounced as /ɔɾɑɫ/), known in Russian as Uralsk (Russian: Уральск), 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:

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.

Notable people

Arts, literature, and entertainment

Sport

FC Akzhaik 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.[2] In September 2017, the Kazakhstan Bandy Federation bought the club.[3]

The city sent a team to the Spartakiade 2009 and the finished second.[4] All the players of the Under-23 national team in the 2013–14 season came from Oral.[5] After the Kazakhstan national bandy team took the gold medal at the 2011 Asian Winter Games, the team came back to Oral in triumph.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Алматы қаласыАлмалы ауданыӘкімінің аппараты . www.almaly.almaty.kz.
  2. Web site: Akzhayik / LiveTV . www.livetv.ru . 16 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Google Translate . translate.google.co.uk . 16 April 2018.
  4. http://akghaik.ucoz.ru/photo/9-1-0-0-2
  5. Web site: Google Translate . translate.google.com . 16 April 2018.
  6. http://kaztrk.kz/kaz/news/sport/Dopti_hokkej_sheberleri_Oralga_oraldi.html Video from the triumphant homecoming