Kyra () is a
rural locality (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
Kyrinsky District of
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Russian Far East. Its administrative center is Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, the population was ...
,
Russia
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. Population:
Geography
The village is located in the area of the
Khentei-Daur Highlands
The Khentei-Daur Highlands, also known as the Khentei-Chikoi Highlands, are a mountainous area in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.
Owing to a number of factors such as tectonic faults, Fracture (geology), rock fissuring, and density of river networks, ...
on the left bank of the
Kyra River, near the
Russian-Mongolian border.
[Krasny Chikoy]
in the ''Enzyklopädie Transbaikaliens'' (Russian)
Transportation
A local road to the north through the ''selo'' of
Mordoy connects Kyra to the regional road A167, which leads to the border with
Mongolia
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to the south and
Aksha,
Duldurga, and
Darasun to the north. Local roads also connect to the rural localities of
Gavan and
Bilyutuy.
Climate
Kyra has a borderline
subarctic
The subarctic zone is a region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic, north of hemiboreal regions and covering much of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the north of Fennoscandia, Northwestern Russia, Siberia, and the Cair ...
/
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 cold ...
(
Köppen climate classification
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''Dwc/Dwb'') with very dry, severely cold winters and warm, wet summers.
References
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Rural localities in Zabaykalsky Krai