Ilek () is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

(a '' selo'') and the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Ileksky District,

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (also Orenburzhye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), mainly located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkal ...

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. Population:

Geography

It is located 128 km west of

Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...

, in the steppe zone at the confluence of the Ilek River and the

Ural River The Ural, also known as the Yaik , is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in the continental border between Europe and Asia. It originates in the southern Ural Mountains and discharges into the Caspian Sea. At , it is the third-longes ...

. The climate is sharply continental with hot summers and cold winters. The valley of the Ural River in the vicinity of Ilek is formed by deciduous forests with picturesque lakes and oxbow lakes, attracting lovers of tourism and fishing. Near the Urals there are extensive floodplain meadows and suitable land for arable farming. The pearl of the village is the sandy beaches on the low left bank of the bend of the Ural River, the width of which in the Ilek area is 50-70 meters, the depth is up to 3 meters, with the presence of a stormy rapids along the high and wooded right bank. The nearest railway station is located 70 km north in the village Novosergiyevka Approximately 3 km from the village there is a Russian checkpoint across the border into the Republic of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. The village itself is not included in the border zone; in Soviet times, the border with Kazakhstan, now a state border, was moved several kilometers deep into the right bank of the Ural River. The area of the village is about 35 km².

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* * * {{Authority control Rural localities in Orenburg Oblast Populated places in Russia that lost city or town status