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Kostanai (Костанай, some maps use spelling Kostanay, Qostanay or Qostanai. Kustanai (Кустанай)- Russian spelling before 1998) is a city located in the northern part of Kazakhstan in Central Asia. Population is about 220,000. Kostanai is the capital of Qostanay Province. (map) // Kostanai Official spelling - Kostanai (КоÑтанай) . Some maps use spelling Kostanay, Qostanay or Qostanai. ...
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General geographical position Kostanai oblast is founded in 1936, located in the northern part of Republic of Kazakhstan. The territory - 196,0 thousand sq. km. (7,7 % of the total area of Republic of Kazakhstan). Kostanai oblast borders upon four oblasts of Republic of Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk, Akmolinsk, Karaganda and North-Kazakhstan) and three regions of the Russian Federation (Orenburg, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan). The total length of the Oblast's borders with Russia approximates to 1242 km. Administrative center of the oblast is Kostanai founded in 1879 which is located on the Tobol River. The oblast numbers 16 rural, 13 settlements areas, 750 auls and 5 small cities: Kostanai, Rudny, Lisakovsk, Zhitikara, Arkalyk. Total GDP in oblast for 2002 year - 157,3 mlrd. tenge. Densities of area -5,1 %. Composite NASA landsat photo of Astana Astana (Kazakh, Russian: ÐÑтана), estimated population of 520,000 (2000 and growing fast), has been the capital of Kazakhstan since 1998. ...
Statue of Nurken Abdirov in downtown Karaganda Karaganda (Russian: Караганда) or Qaraghandy (Kazak: Қарағанды) is the capital of Qaraghandy Province in Kazakhstan. ...
Orenburg (ОренбуÌрг) is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast in the Volga Federal District of Russia. ...
Chelyabinsk Theatre. ...
Tobol (Тобол in Russian) is a river in Kazakhstan and Kurgan and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of Irtysh. ...
Arkalyk (also known as Arqalyq) is a city in central Kazakhstan. ...
Tenge is the monetary unit of Kazakhstan. ...
Public instititutions In Kostanai oblast, there are 8 higher educational institutions: 4 state and 4 not state, and also 6 branches of the Kazakhstan and Russian high schools. One of the basic - A. Baitursynov State University. The total number of students is 23,600. There are also 22 colleges in which it is trained over 12,200 pupils. In 2002-2003 year there were 723 schools open, with a total number of 155,500 students. The state network of culture totals 380 libraries, 201 club establishments, 8 museums and 2 theatres: I. Omarov regional Kazakh drama theatre and the regional Russian drama theatre. There are numerous athletic facilities: two sports arenas, 26 stadiums, 10 sports complexes and 567 sports halls.
Sights of Kostanai Kostanai oblast is rich in objects with a historical-cultural heritage. Kostanai oblast has 1,974 monuments of history and culture. The regional center includes the Muslim mosque, Passage of merchant Yaushev (a regional historical study of local lore museum), the Voronov House of merchant (child-youthful library), Voischev House of merchant (state management of education), the Building of city exchequer (a complex "Hope"), Senokosov House of merchant (management of town architecture), the Building of regional administration (Kostanai State University), the Building cinema "Furor" (a building of "obldramtheatre"), the Building of real school (institute of improvement of teachers), Lorens House of merchant (Kazagroexpert), the City-center, Supermarket, Cinema "Kostanai", Altynsarin Regional memorial museum, the post office, chess club, the Kazakh Drama Theatre, the Central Square, and the railway station. Historical monuments include: I. Altynsarin monument, the Bust to Two Heroes of Soviet Union (I. F. Pavlov and L. I. Beda), the A. Baitursynov monument, the Memorial complex of memory of victims of the Second World War, Monument "to Subjugators of virgin lands", A. Imanov bust, L.I. Taranu Bust and the B. Majlinu Monument. In the sanatorium "Sosnovy bor" there are hydropithic establishment, which are located on medical sources and have "interrepublican" value. Treatments carried out include: a digestive path, respiratory bodies, postoperative rehabilitation and mud baths. Ibrahim (Ibrai) Altynsarin (1841-1889) was a major figure in pre-Soviet Kazakh history. ...
Natural resources The oblast is characterized by rather flat relief with inflows of the rivers: Ayat, Ubagan, Ui, Torgai, Saryozen, and Kara. The Northern part occupies the southeast "suburb" of the West-Siberian lowland, the Torgai plateau is situated to the south; in the west is the wavy plain Zaural plateau and in the southwest are the Saryarka River forks. Within the limits of the oblast there are about 310 rivers total. The largest rivers are the Tobol and the Torgai. Lcoated on the Tobol River are the Verhnetobolsk, Karatomar and Amangeldy water basins. In Kostanai oblast are more than five thousand lakes. The largest of them are located in the Torgai dell - the Kusmyryn, Sarymoin, Aksuat, and Sarykopa rivers. Total woodland area is 217,500 including 151,200 natural plantings. In connection with development of virgin lands, almost all areas are occupied with chernozems and chestnut treees. The Kostanai oblast is rich in minerals, especially iron ore (deposits of magnetite ores. The total stock of magnetite ore and hematite ore is 15.7 billion tons, of them easy enrich and not demanding enrichment - 5.7 billion tons. Are rich in iron ore, brown coal, asbestos, fire-resistant and brick clay, flux and cement limestone, and glass [[sand]. There are 19 deposits of bauxite, 7 gold deposits, one silver deposit and one nickel deposit. In the northern part of the area, "chernozems" and pine forests (Arakaragai, Amankaragai) prevail; in the central part - chestnut mixed with pine forest. Species - Bush Chinkapin* - Japanese Chestnut - American Chestnut - Henrys Chestnut - Chinese Chestnut - Ozark Chinkapin - Alleghany Chinkapin - Sweet Chestnut - Seguins Chestnut * treated as a synonym of by many authors Chestnuts (Castanea), including the chinkapins, are a genus of eight or nine species of trees and shrubs in the beech family...
General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ...
Magnetite is a ferromagnetic mineral form of iron(II,III) oxide, with chemical formula , one of several iron oxides and a member of the spinel group. ...
Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by mining. ...
Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek ἄσβεστος: a-, not; sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety. ...
Quaternary clay in Estonia. ...
Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ...
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General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic Atomic mass 58. ...
Species About 115. ...
Tourist industry Kostanai oblast's flora and fauna resources are suitable for the organization and development of fisheries and hunting, and lake-commodity fish culture. Varieties of fauna includes 52 species of mammals, 267 resident or migratory birds, 10 species of amphibious and "kowtowing". 24 species of fish live in local reservoirs. Naurzumsky Reserve (877 km²), 3 natural "zakaznik" (1630 km²) and 12 state nature sanctuaries (0.47 km²) with a rich vegetative cover. Groups Conodonta Hyperoartia Petromyzontidae (lampreys) Pteraspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Thelodonti Anaspida Cephalaspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Galeaspida Pituriaspida Osteostraci Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) Placodermi Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) Acanthodii Osteichthyes (bony fish) Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnoi (lungfish) A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded) water-dwelling...
Communications Kostanai oblast has steady automobile outputs in all next regions and the regional centers. The total length of general-purpose highways is 9,133 km, republican value - 1,401 km and local - 7,732 km. On territory of area pass from the north on the south and a southeast the main transit roads connecting the regional center with cities of Ural: Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, Troitsk, Ekaterinburg; Zaural: Kurgan, Tyumen; Kazakhstan: Astana, Almaty and adjoining areas. Operation length of railways of general purpose, which are taking place on territory of oblast, is 1048 km. Fifty-three stations process cargo and passenger transportation, which covers all major Kazakh cities and 11 regions. Chelyabinsk Theatre. ...
Magnitogorsk (Russian:МагнитогоÌÑ€Ñк) is a mining and industrial city by the Ural River in Russia, with one of the largest iron and steel works in the country. ...
Troitsk from space, April 1994 Troitsk is a relatively small city (1990 population estimated at 90 000) located on a tributary of the upper Tobol River approximately 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of Chelyabinsk. ...
Photograph of snow-covered Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburgs Church on the Blood, built on the spot where the Tsar and his family were murdered. ...
Kurgan (кургáн) is the Russian word (of Turkic origin) for tumulus, a type of burial mound or barrow, heaped over a burial chamber, often of wood. ...
Tymen in the 1680s Tyumen (ТюмеÌнь) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Tyumen Oblast in the Urals Federal District . ...
Map showing Astanas location in Kazakhstan Composite NASA landsat photo of Astana Astana climate Astana (Kazakh, Russian: ÐÑтана), estimated population of 520,000 (2000 and growing fast), has been the capital of Kazakhstan since 1998. ...
Landsat satellite photo of Almaty Almaty (Ðлматы; formerly known as Alma-Ata, also Verny, Vyernyi (Верный) in Imperial Russia) is the biggest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of over 1,300,000 (9% of the population of Kazakhstan) citizens. ...
Kostanai oblast has three airports with a firm covering of runways: Kostanai, Arkalyk, and Torgai settlement. Runways of the airport of Kostanai can accept the following types of airplanes: Tu-134, Tu-154, АН-22, Il-86 and some Boeing airliners. From Kostanai international airport, there are regular and charter flights in many cities in Kazakhstan, many former Soviet republics, Germany (Frankfurt on Main, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart), the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and others. These are ports of entry and customs checkpoints. Mineral oil in Kostanai oblast is delivered from Russia and from oil refineries in Kazakhstan by rail. Kostanai is supplied with water from Amangeldinsky water basins (underground volume 6,7 million cubic meters) and Kostanai deposit of underground waters (operational stocks - 33.5 million cubic meters). Karatomar water basins (underground volume 516 million cubic meters) supply Rudny, the Kаchar region and Fedorovka. Mineral oil or liquid petrolatum is a by-product in the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline. ...
The city of Lisakovsk gets water from the Verhnetobols water basins (underground volume totals 814 million cubic meters). Regional centers Sarykol, Karasu, Uzunkol are supplied with water with Ishim water supply line and Sеrgeevsk water basin which is on the territory of the North-Kazakhstan region. 12 big water supply lines on the territory of Kostanai region give water to more than 220 settlements and 5 regional centers. Water delivery of other areas is carried out from local sources (deposits of underground waters). The local telecommunications monopoly in the Kostanai region is the a branch of "Kazaktelekom". The big development was when Kostanai oblast gained Internet access, cellular communication, and Internet telephony. Cellular redirects here. ...
A typical VoIP Solution A typical analog telephone adapter for connecting an ordinary phone to a VoIP network Voice over IP (also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, and Digital Phone) is the routing of voice conversations over the Internet or any other IP-based network. ...
Language and population Population of Kostanai oblast as of January 1, 2002 is 972,800. Population density is 5 people/km². Population living in Kostanai is 223,600 person or 22% of the oblast population. The territory of the city is 740,000 km². Kostanai oblast contains more than one hundred different nationalities. The state language is Kazakh. The majority of the population knows Russian. Kazak, also Kazakh and Qazaq (Қазақ тілі, Qazaq tilî) is a Turkic language with ISO 639 codes of kaz and kk. ...
Climate The Kostanai oblast climate is continental, with strongly pronounced alternation of four seasons. Average temperatures: January: -18 to -19 °С, July: 19 to 22 °С. In the winter, the temperature can be as cold as -25 to -30 °C. In summer, the temperature can reach 30 °C. Annual amount of precipitation is 300-350 mm in the northern areas and 240 to 280 mm in the south. The growing season is about 150 to 175 days in the north and 180 days in the south.
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