Karsakpay ( kk, Қарсақпай, ''Qarsaqpaı''; russian: Карсакпай), is a town in the
Ulytau District
Ulytau District ( kk, Ұлытау ауданы, ) is a district of Ulytau Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the Auyl of Ulytau. Population:
Geography
The Ulutau, a subrange of the Kazakh Uplands, ex ...
,
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region ( kk, Qarağandy oblysy; russian: Карагандинская область, translit=Karagandinskaja oblast′), also spelled Qaraghandy Region, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda.
On 17 March 2022 it was an ...
,
Kazakhstan. Population:
Geography
Karsakpay is located on a mostly flat and arid plain at about above sea level. The town lies on the southern side of a dam.
Climate
Karsakpay has a cold
semi-arid climate (
Köppen climate classification ''BSk''), with very warm summers and very cold winters. Precipitation, either in the form of rain or snow, is quite frequent, but light, and does not follow any significant pattern over the year, with between and in each month. The average temperature ranges from in July to in January, whilst extremes range from to .
Transport
Karsakpay is connected by road to the city of
Jezkazgan to the east. Other roads connect the town of
Zhezdi to the north-east, and to the small settlements of
Baykonyr,
Kiyakty, and
Koskol
Koskol ( kk, Қоскөл; russian: Косколь), is a village in the Ulytau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It is the head of the Koskol Rural District (КАТО code — 356055100). Population:
Geography
The village is located to ...
to the west.
See also
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Karsakpay inscription
The Karsakpay inscription (also called the Timur's stone) is a message carved on April 28, 1391 into a fragment of rock in Ulu Tagh mountainside near the Karsakpay mines, Kazakhstan. It was found in 1935. It consists of three lines in Arabic, and ...
References
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Populated places in Karaganda Region