Zaysan or Zaisan ( kk, Зайсан, ''Zaisan''; russian: Зайсан), is a town in the
East Kazakhstan Region of
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 center of
Zaysan District. It is situated near the southeastern corner of
Lake Zaysan
Lake Zaysan (, ''Zaısan kóli'', زايسان كؤلئ, ; , ''Zaisan nuur'', en: ''Noble lake''; , ''Ozero Zajsan''; , Xiao'erjing: جَىْصْا پْ; dng, Җэсонпә) is a freshwater lake, ca. 1,810 km² (700 mi²), in eastern Ka ...
at an altitude of 660 meters (2170 ft) above sea level. Population: The town is located near the eastern terminus of
European route E127, which connects it with
Omsk in Russia as well as the rest of the European route network.
History
Zaysan was founded in 1868 as a Russian military post.
Climate
Zaysan 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
External links
Zaysan Post, Kazakhstan, 1875
{{East Kazakhstan Region
Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region
Semipalatinsk Oblast
Populated places established in 1868