Aksay ( kz, Ақсай, Aqsai) is a town in north-western
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. It is the administrative center of
Borili District
Borili ( kk, Бөрілі ауданы, ) is a district of West Kazakhstan Region in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Aksay. Population:
Geography
The district is located in the north-eastern part o ...
in
West Kazakhstan Region
West Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Батыс Қазақстан облысы, translit=Batys Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Западно-Казахстанская область, translit=Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The re ...
. Population:
It is an important oil and gas town, serving as an operational base for the nearby
Karachaganak Field
Karachaganak Field ( kk, Қарашығанақ мұнай-газ конденсат кен орны, ''Qarashyǵanaq munaı-gaz kondensat ken orny'') is a gas condensate field about east of Aksay (Ақсай) in northwest Kazakhstan. It was onc ...
.
Climate
Aksay has a hot-summer
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
''Dfa'').
References
Populated places in West Kazakhstan Region
{{Kazakhstan-geo-stub