Ayagoz or Ayakoz ( kk, Аягөз, ''Aiagöz''), formerly Sergiopol (russian: Сергиополь), is a city of regional significance in
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 ...
, the administrative centre of
Ayagoz district of
East Kazakhstan Region. Population:
Geography
It is located at the southeastern end of the
Chingiztau
Chingiztau ( kk, Шыңғыстау) is a range of mountains in Abai Region, Kazakhstan.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
The ...
range, on the banks of the river
Ayagöz.
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History
The town was incorporated in 1939 under the authority of the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
.
In 1991 it became an administrative center of Ayagoz District.
Climate
Ayagoz has a
warm, dry-summer continental climate (''Dsb'') in the
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 ...
.
References
Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region
Populated places established in 1831
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