Oral, Kazakhstan
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Oral (Template:Langx, Template:IPA), also known as Uralsk (Template:Langx, Template:IPA), is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chagan rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western bank of the Ural river, Uralsk is considered geographically in Europe. It is the capital of the West Kazakhstan Region. The ethnic composition is majority Kazakh (71%), followed by the second-largest ethnic group Russians (25%). Population: Template:Kz-census2009 Template:Kz-census1999
Sport
FC Akzhayik are a Kazakhstani football club based in Petr Atoyan Stadium.
Bandy is the principal sport in the city. Akzhayik Sports Club, based in the Yunost Stadium, is the only professional team in the country and plays in the second highest division of Russia.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> In September 2017, the Kazakhstan Bandy Federation bought the club.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The city sent a team to the Spartakiade 2009 and the finished second.<ref>[1]Template:Dead link</ref> All the players of the Under-23 national team in the 2013–14 season came from Oral.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After the Kazakhstan national bandy team took the gold medal at the 2011 Asian Winter Games, the team came back to Oral in triumph.<ref>Video from the triumphant homecoming Template:Webarchive</ref>
Geography
Climate
The climate of Oral (Uralsk) is humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa, Trewartha Dcac) with long cold winters and warm, often hot summers. Summers are extremely hot considering its position north of the 51st parallel, but winters are more reminiscent of continental climates further east than Europe.
Notable people
Arts, literature, and entertainment
- Bayan Maksatkyzy (1974), a Kazakh producer, television presenter, actress, and singer.
References
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