Kokshetau

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kokshetau
| native_name = Көкшетау
| native_name_lang = kz
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Кокшетау.jpg
| image_seal = Kokshetau_seal.png
| pushpin_map = Kazakhstan
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan
| coordinates = {{coord|53|17|N|69|23|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Kazakhstan]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Akmola Region|Akmola]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1824
| established_title1 = City status
| established_date1 = 1862
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Akim ([[mayor]])
| leader_name = Zharkyn Zhumagulov
| area_total_km2 = 400
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes = <ref>http://www.akmola.stat.kz/oblasti/koksh.htm</ref>
| population_total = 153057
| population_as_of = 2013-07-01
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = UTC +6
| utc_offset1 = +6
| timezone1_DST =
| utc_offset1_DST =
| postal_code_type = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code = 020000
| area_code_type =
| area_code = +7 7162
| registration_plate = C, 03
| website =
}}

'''Kokshetau''' ({{lang-kz|'''Көкшетау''' / '''Kökşetaw'''/'''كٶكشەتاۋ'''}}), formerly known as ''Kokchetav'' ({{lang-ru|''Кокчетав''}}, until 1993) is the administrative center of [[Akmola Region]], northern [[Kazakhstan]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|135,106|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|123,389|punct=.}}

==Geography==

Kokshetau is some 300km (185 miles) north-west of the national capital of [[Astana]]. The Kokshetau area is known for its two national parks, [[Burabay National Park|Burabay]] and Kokshetau. The city of Kokshetau is located on the shores of [[Lake Kopa]].

== History ==

Kokshetau was founded in 1824 by Russian military as an outpost. The name of the city is of Kazakh origin literally meaning "a smoky-blue mountain". In 1868 it became a district center of Omskaya gubernia in the Russian Empire. In 1944 Kokchetav became the administrative center of the newly created Kokchetavskaya Oblast. In 1997 Kokshetau Oblast region was liquidated. In 1999 due to an administrative changes in the structure of Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions Kokshetau became the center of Akmola Oblast.

In late 1930s as a result of the [[Polish operation of the NKVD]] - USSR citizens of [[Poles|Polish nationality]], related national operations, also against Kazakh SSR Germans, since 1939 many residents of the Poland's [[kresy|''kresy wschodnie'']] were [[Forced settlements in the Soviet Union|forcibly settled]] in this region, and Kokchetav became the center of the Polish community in Kazakhstan.<ref>Kate Brown, ''A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland'' (Harvard University Press, 2004: ISBN 0-674-01168-6), pp. 173-74.</ref>

==Climate==

Kokshetau lies in the extreme continental climate zone ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfb'') with long, cold winters and hot summers.
The average temperature in January is {{convert|-15.3|°C|abbr=on}}. In July the temperature averages {{convert|20.2|°C|abbr=on}}. Yearly precipitation amounts to {{convert|313|mm|abbr=on}}.

{{Weather box|width=auto
| location = Kokshetau
| single line = Yes
| metric first = Yes
| Jan mean C = −15.3
| Feb mean C = −15.1
| Mar mean C = −7.4
| Apr mean C = 4.0
| May mean C = 12.2
| Jun mean C = 18.4
| Jul mean C = 20.2
| Aug mean C = 16.8
| Sep mean C = 11.3
| Oct mean C = 2.5
| Nov mean C = -6.1
| Dec mean C = -11.8
| Jan precipitation mm = 12.8
| Feb precipitation mm = 11.3
| Mar precipitation mm = 10.5
| Apr precipitation mm = 17.9
| May precipitation mm = 32.7
| Jun precipitation mm = 40.2
| Jul precipitation mm = 68.5
| Aug precipitation mm = 43.6
| Sep precipitation mm = 24.8
| Oct precipitation mm = 22.8
| Nov precipitation mm = 15.7
| Dec precipitation mm = 11.7
| Jan rain days = 3.7
| Feb rain days = 3.4
| Mar rain days = 3.0
| Apr rain days = 4.2
| May rain days = 6.5
| Jun rain days = 6.5
| Jul rain days = 8.5
| Aug rain days = 7.3
| Sep rain days = 5.5
| Oct rain days = 6.2
| Nov rain days = 4.3
| Dec rain days = 3.3
| Jan sun = 89.0
| Feb sun = 127.0
| Mar sun = 196.0
| Apr sun = 227.0
| May sun = 277.0
| Jun sun = 306.0
| Jul sun = 313.0
| Aug sun = 250.0
| Sep sun = 190.0
| Oct sun = 118.0
| Nov sun = 88.0
| Dec sun = 75.0
| source 1 = NOAA (1961-1990)<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
|url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/KS/28879.TXT
|title = Kokshetay Climate Normals 1961-1990
|publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
|accessdate = January 10, 2013}}</ref>
| date = January 2013
}}

==Industry==

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 most plants and factories in the city stopped their production for ever. At that moment the city had a number of grain mills and some dairy production. A gold mine operates north of the city.

==Transport==

Kokshetau has a [[Kokshetau Airport|renovated international airport]]. As of June 2016 it welcomed only domestic flights. The city is connected by rail to a variety of destinations. There is a tollway to Astana. The trip normally takes 3 hours.

==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Waukesha, Wisconsin|Waukesha]]''' (United States) ''since 1989''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Commons category|Kokshetau}}
*{{URL|http://www.akmo.kz}}
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kokshetau}}

===Photos and videos===
* [http://www.360pano.eu/kokshetau/ 360° QTVR fullscreen panoramas] of the Kokshetau
{{Akmola Region}}
{{Cities of Kazakhstan}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Populated places established in 1824]]
[[Category:Akmolinsk Oblast (Russian Empire)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Akmola Region]]
[[Category:1824 establishments in Asia]]

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