Ayagoz or Ayakoz ( kk, Аягөз, ''Aiagöz''), formerly Sergiopol (russian: Сергиополь), is a city of regional significance in
Kazakhstan
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, the administrative centre of
Ayagoz district
Ayagoz ( kk, Аякөз ауданы, ; اياكٶز اۋدانى) is a district of Abai Region in eastern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and part ...
of
East Kazakhstan Region
East Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, translit=Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Восточно-Казахстанская область, Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupi ...
. Population:
Geography
It is located at the southeastern end of the
Chingiztau
Chingiztau ( kk, Шыңғыстау) is a range of mountains in Abai Region, Kazakhstan.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
The ...
range, on the banks of the river
Ayagöz.
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History
The town was incorporated in 1939 under the authority of the
USSR
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.
In 1991 it became an administrative center of Ayagoz District.
Climate
Ayagoz has a
warm, dry-summer continental climate (''Dsb'') in the
Köppen climate classification
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.
References
Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region
Populated places established in 1831
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