Josaly or Zhosaly () is an urban-type settlement in the

Kyzylorda Region Qyzylorda Region (, ; ), formerly known as Kyzyl-Orda Region until 1991, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is the city of Qyzylorda, with a population of 234,736. The region itself has a population of 823,251. Other notable settlements incl ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. It is the administrative center of Karmakshy District (KATO code - 434630100). Population:

Geography

Josaly is located on the right bank of the

Syr Darya The Syr Darya ( ),; ; ; ; ; /. historically known as the Jaxartes ( , ), is a river in Central Asia. The name, which is Persian language, Persian, literally means ''Syr Sea'' or ''Syr River''. It originates in the Tian Shan, Tian Shan Mountain ...

river, close to the western limit of the

Daryalyktakyr The Daryalyktakyr Plain (; ), is an alluvial plain in the Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan.Google Earth The plain stretches across Zhalagash, Syrdarya and Shieli districts of Kyzylorda Region. A gas pipeline was built across the plain in 2012. The ...

plain. Zhosaly (formerly ''Dzhusaly'') railway station, built in 1905, is located in the northern part of the town, northwest of

Kyzylorda Kyzylorda ( , formerly known as Kzyl-Orda (), Ak-Mechet (Ак-Мечеть), Perovsk (Перовск), and Fort-Perovsky (Форт-Перовский), is a city in south-central Kazakhstan, capital of Kyzylorda Region and former capital of the ...

Climate

Josaly has a

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desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk'') is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(

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: ''BWk''), characterized by very cold winters and very hot summers.

References

External links

* Populated places in Kyzylorda Region {{KyzylordaRegion-geo-stub