Korgalzhyn (, ''Qorğaljyn'') is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

Akmola Region Akmola Region (, ; ) is a centrally located regions of Kazakhstan, region of Kazakhstan. It was known as Tselinograd Oblast during Soviet Union, Soviet rule. Its capital is Kökşetau. The national capital, Astana, is enclosed by the region, but ...

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 serves as the administrative center of Korgalzhyn District. The Nura River slowly flows around the selo. It is situated 120 km south-west of

Astana Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...

. Population: The selo serves as the main and only base for entering the Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan Unesco World Heritage site with Lake Tengiz at its heart. Many foreigners, mostly birdwatchers from all over the world come to the selo.

Geography

The village is located in the central part of the Korgalzhyn district, on the left bank of the Nura River, at a distance of approximately 302 kilometers (in a straight line) south of the regional center - the city of

Kokshetau Kokshetau (; , ; rus, Кокшета́у, p=kəkʂɛ'taʊ; ), formerly known as Kokchetav (; ) between 1868 and 1993, is a lakeside city in northern Kazakhstan and the capital of Akmola Region. It stretches along the southern shore of Lak ...

, and 117 kilometers southwest of the capital of Kazakhstan - the city of Astana. The village is located on the Kazakh Uplands. The average altitude in the village is about 330 meters above sea level. The terrain is a continuous plain with small hills and water areas. The village forms a kind of automobile hub: from the east there is the regional highway of KS-16 "Korgalzhyn - Arykty - Sabyndy", from the north - the KS-45 (access to the village of Korgalzhyn) which separates from the R-2 highway "Astana - Korgalzhyn". From the south there is a country road from Barshino, Nura District,

Karaganda Region Karaganda Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda. The region borders Akmola and Pavlodar Region to the north, Abai Region to the east, Jetisu, Almaty, and Zhambyl Regions to the south, and Kostanay and Ulytau regio ...

Climate

The climate is cold-temperate, with good

humidity Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye. Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation (meteorology), precipitation, dew, or fog t ...

. The average annual air temperature is positive and is about +4.6 °C. The average monthly air temperature in July reaches +21.4 °C. The average monthly temperature in January is about -14.3 °C. The average annual precipitation is about 360 mm. The bulk of precipitation falls between June and July.

References

Populated places in Akmola Region {{AkmolaRegion-geo-stub