Atbasar
Atbasar
Атбасар | |
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 Late 19th century house in Atbasar | |
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| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Region | Akmola Region |
| District | Atbasar District |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 29,984 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (Omsk Time) |
| Area code | +7 71643 |
Atbasar (Kazakh: Атбасар, Atbasar) is a town in Atbasar District, Akmola Region of the northern Kazakhstan. It was founded in 1845. Atbasar is the 44th biggest city in Kazakhstan. Atbasar lies at an altitude of 282 meters above sea level.
Population: 30,436 (2009 census results);[1]32,288 (1999 census results).[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Atbasar lies by the Zhabay River, a tributary of the Ishim.[2]
Climate
[edit | edit source]Kazakhstan's lowest recorded temperature was at Atbasar, when it reached −57 °C (−71 °F) in January 1893.[3]
Heavy rains in April 2017 caused a dam to rupture, leaving the whole town under water.[4]
| Climate data for Atbasar (1991–2020, extremes 1901–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
36.3 (97.3) |
39.9 (103.8) |
41.6 (106.9) |
40.0 (104.0) |
37.2 (99.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
41.6 (106.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.9 (1.6) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.4 (−6.5) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −57.0 (−70.6) |
−43.1 (−45.6) |
−39.1 (−38.4) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−23.8 (−10.8) |
−36.4 (−33.5) |
−43.5 (−46.3) |
−57.0 (−70.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.0 (0.75) |
17.2 (0.68) |
19.3 (0.76) |
19.9 (0.78) |
28.3 (1.11) |
41.0 (1.61) |
49.5 (1.95) |
29.6 (1.17) |
19.0 (0.75) |
23.7 (0.93) |
21.5 (0.85) |
23.6 (0.93) |
311.6 (12.27) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 67.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 103 | 140 | 194 | 235 | 293 | 326 | 323 | 286 | 219 | 134 | 93 | 84 | 2,430 |
| Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun 1961–1990)[6][7] | |||||||||||||
How to get to Atbasar
[edit | edit source]The capital, Astana is 3.5 hours away by train.[8] A narrow-gauge railway line running TU2 diesel locomotives provides local freight transport.[9]
Atbasar also has a small airport.
Environment
[edit | edit source]Concern has been raised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe about exposure of the city to airborne uranium ore dust produced during the transfer of the ore from between railway flatcars.[10]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Panoramio — Photo of Панорама Атбасара
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