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{{Distinguish|Aral, Kazakhstan}}
{{Infobox settlement
| other_name         = Uralsk
| settlement_type    = City
| official_name      = Oral
| native_name        = {{native name|kk|Орал|italics=off}} <br /> {{native name|ru|Уральск|italics=off}}
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = File:Золотая церковь Уральск.jpg
| imagesize          = 270px
| image_caption      = 
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = Oral seal.svg
| image_map          = 
| map_caption        = 
| pushpin_map        = Kazakhstan#Europe
| pushpin_label      = Uralsk
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_mapsize    = 280
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan##Location in Europe
| subdivision_type   = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
| subdivision_type2  = 
| subdivision_name   = [[Kazakhstan]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[West Kazakhstan Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = 
| established_title  = First Settled
| established_date   = 
| established_title2 = Founded
| established_date2  = 1584
| established_title3 = Incorporated ([[city]])
| established_date3  = 1613
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Akim <small>([[mayor]])</small>
| leader_name        = Murat Baimenov<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.inform.kz/news/new-akim-of-oral-named-edfb28/  |title=New akim of Oral named  |language=en  |publisher=inform.kz  |date=2024-10-01|access-date=2024-10-02}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_sq_mi   = 
| area_total_km2     = 700
| area_land_sq_mi    = 
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| area_water_sq_mi   = 
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| area_urban_sq_mi   = 
| area_urban_km2     = 
| area_metro_km2     = 
| area_metro_sq_mi   = 
| population_as_of   = 2019
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 330000
| population_urban   = 234184
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[UTC+5]]
| utc_offset         = +5
| timezone_DST       = 
| utc_offset_DST     = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|51|13|21|N|51|22|21|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 35
| elevation_ft       = 
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 090000 - 090013
| area_code          = +7 7112 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.almaly.almaty.kz/page.php?page_id=93&lang=2&news_id=483 |title=Алматы қаласыАлмалы ауданыӘкімінің аппараты |website=www.almaly.almaty.kz |access-date=2007-10-05 |archive-date=2014-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814121849/http://www.almaly.almaty.kz/page.php?page_id=93&lang=2&news_id=483 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| registration_plate = L, 07
| website            = {{URL|http://uralsk.gov.kz/en/}}
| footnotes          = 
| module             = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=9|coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
}}

'''Oral''' ({{langx|kk|Орал}}, {{IPA|kk|woˈrɑɫ|pron|Kk-oral.oga}}), also known as '''Uralsk''' ({{langx|ru|Уральск}}, {{IPA|ru|ʊˈralʲsk|IPA}}), is a city in northwestern [[Kazakhstan]], at the confluence of the [[Ural (river)|Ural]] and [[Chagan (Ural)|Chagan]] rivers close to the [[Russia]]n [[Kazakhstan–Russia border|border]]. As it is located on the western bank of the Ural river, Uralsk is considered geographically in [[Europe]]. It is the [[capital city|capital]] of the [[West Kazakhstan Region]]. The ethnic composition is majority [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] (71%), followed by the second-largest ethnic group [[Russians]] (25%). Population: {{Kz-census2009|271,900|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|194,905|punct=.}}

==Sport==
[[File:Стадион имени Петра Атояна.jpg|thumb|[[Petr Atoyan Stadium]]]]
[[FC Akzhayik]] are a Kazakhstani [[association football|football]] club based in [[Petr Atoyan Stadium]].

[[Bandy]] is the principal sport in the city. [[Akzhayik Sports Club]], based in the [[Yunost Stadium (Oral)|Yunost Stadium]], is the only professional team in the country and plays in the second highest division of Russia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livetv.ru/en/matchstory/06728rhjjfjyiijbkjj/11/ |title=Akzhayik / LiveTV |website=www.livetv.ru |access-date=16 April 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In September&nbsp;2017, the [[Kazakhstan Bandy Federation]] bought the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/11104 |title=Google Translate |website=translate.google.co.uk |access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

The city sent a team to the [[Spartakiade]] 2009 and the finished second.<ref>[http://akghaik.ucoz.ru/photo/9-1-0-0-2]{{dead link|date=September 2018}}</ref> All the players of the Under-23 national team in the 2013–14 season came from Oral.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/nationalteam/388/roster/1056/&prev=/search?q=http://www.rusbandy.ru/nationalteam/388/roster/1056/&biw=1093&bih=552 |title=Google Translate |website=translate.google.com |access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> After the [[Kazakhstan national bandy team]] took the gold medal at the [[Bandy at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Asian Winter Games]], the team came back to Oral in triumph.<ref>[http://kaztrk.kz/kaz/news/sport/Dopti_hokkej_sheberleri_Oralga_oraldi.html Video from the triumphant homecoming] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223201/http://kaztrk.kz/kaz/news/sport/Dopti_hokkej_sheberleri_Oralga_oraldi.html |date=2013-12-02 }}</ref>

==Geography==
===Climate===

The climate of Oral (Uralsk) is [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Dfa'', [[Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha]] ''Dcac'') with long cold winters and warm, often hot summers. Summers are extremely hot considering its position north of the [[51st parallel north|51st parallel]], but winters are more reminiscent of continental climates further east than Europe.

{{Weather box
| width = auto
| location = Uralsk (1991–2020, extremes 1839–present)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| collapsed = 
| Jan record high C = 6.6
| Feb record high C = 6.9
| Mar record high C = 22.1
| Apr record high C = 31.1
| May record high C = 37.8
| Jun record high C = 41.8
| Jul record high C = 42.0
| Aug record high C = 42.3
| Sep record high C = 38.8
| Oct record high C = 28.0
| Nov record high C = 18.0
| Dec record high C = 8.2
| year record high C = 42.3
| Jan high C = −6.7
| Feb high C = −5.9
| Mar high C = 1.2
| Apr high C = 14.7
| May high C = 23.2
| Jun high C = 28.1
| Jul high C = 30.2
| Aug high C = 29.0
| Sep high C = 21.9
| Oct high C = 12.5
| Nov high C = 2.1
| Dec high C = −4.7
| year high C = 12.1
| Jan mean C = -10.4
| Feb mean C = -10.3
| Mar mean C = -3.3
| Apr mean C = 8.3
| May mean C = 16.3
| Jun mean C = 21.1
| Jul mean C = 23.2
| Aug mean C = 21.5
| Sep mean C = 14.6
| Oct mean C = 6.7
| Nov mean C = -1.6
| Dec mean C = -8.2
| year mean C = 6.5
| Jan low C = −14.1
| Feb low C = −14.5
| Mar low C = −7.4
| Apr low C = 2.6
| May low C = 9.3
| Jun low C = 13.9
| Jul low C = 16.0
| Aug low C = 14.2
| Sep low C = 8.3
| Oct low C = 2.1
| Nov low C = −4.7
| Dec low C = −11.6
| year low C = 1.2
| Jan record low C = −43.1
| Feb record low C = −40.5
| Mar record low C = −35.2
| Apr record low C = −24.3
| May record low C = −6.8
| Jun record low C = −1.1
| Jul record low C = 4.3
| Aug record low C = 0.4
| Sep record low C = −7.6
| Oct record low C = −19.2
| Nov record low C = −32.6
| Dec record low C = −39.2
| year record low C = −43.1
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 25.2
| Feb precipitation mm = 20.8
| Mar precipitation mm = 25.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 24.2
| May precipitation mm = 31.4
| Jun precipitation mm = 32.0
| Jul precipitation mm = 38.9
| Aug precipitation mm = 22.2
| Sep precipitation mm = 27.4
| Oct precipitation mm = 37.1
| Nov precipitation mm = 26.8
| Dec precipitation mm = 27.0
| year precipitation mm = 
| Jan snow depth cm = 20
| Feb snow depth cm = 29
| Mar snow depth cm = 23
| Apr snow depth cm = 2
| May snow depth cm = 0
| Jun snow depth cm = 0
| Jul snow depth cm = 0
| Aug snow depth cm = 0
| Sep snow depth cm = 0
| Oct snow depth cm = 0
| Nov snow depth cm = 3
| Dec snow depth cm = 10
| year snow depth cm = 29
| Jan rain days = 5
| Feb rain days = 4
| Mar rain days = 6
| Apr rain days = 9
| May rain days = 10
| Jun rain days = 11
| Jul rain days = 10
| Aug rain days = 9
| Sep rain days = 10
| Oct rain days = 12
| Nov rain days = 10
| Dec rain days = 7
| year rain days = 103
| Jan snow days = 20
| Feb snow days = 16
| Mar snow days = 10
| Apr snow days = 2
| May snow days = 0.2
| Jun snow days = 0
| Jul snow days = 0
| Aug snow days = 0
| Sep snow days = 0.1
| Oct snow days = 3
| Nov snow days = 11
| Dec snow days = 18
| year snow days = 80
| Jan humidity = 83
| Feb humidity = 81
| Mar humidity = 81
| Apr humidity = 65
| May humidity = 55
| Jun humidity = 57
| Jul humidity = 58
| Aug humidity = 57
| Sep humidity = 61
| Oct humidity = 73
| Nov humidity = 83
| Dec humidity = 83
| year humidity = 70
| Jan sun = 84
| Feb sun = 120
| Mar sun = 165
| Apr sun = 227
| May sun = 314
| Jun sun = 304
| Jul sun = 324
| Aug sun = 293
| Sep sun = 220
| Oct sun = 136
| Nov sun = 64
| Dec sun = 65
| year sun = 2316
| Jand sun = 2.7
| Febd sun = 4.3
| Mard sun = 5.3
| Aprd sun = 7.6
| Mayd sun = 10.1
| Jund sun = 10.1
| Juld sun = 10.5
| Augd sun = 9.5
| Sepd sun = 7.3
| Octd sun = 4.4
| Novd sun = 2.1
| Decd sun = 2.1
| yeard sun = 6.3
| source 1 = Pogoda.ru.net<ref name="pogoda">{{cite web
| url = http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/35108.htm 
| script-title=ru:КЛИМАТ ОРЕНБУРГА
| access-date = 8 November 2021
| publisher = Погода и климат
| language = ru}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[NOAA]] (sun, 1961–1990),<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/TABLES/REG_II/KS/35108.TXT |title=Uralsk (Oral) Climate Normals 1961-1990 |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=25 November 2016 |date=May 2012 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118013836/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/TABLES/REG_II/KS/35108.TXT |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]] (daily sun 1961-1990)<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_351080_kt.pdf
| title = Klimatafel von Uralsk / Kasachstan
| publisher = Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
| access-date = September 17, 2016}}
</ref>
| source = 
}}

==Notable people==

===Arts, literature, and entertainment===
[[File:Bayan_Yessentayeva.png|right|thumb|140px|[[Bayan Yessentayeva|Bayan Maksatkyzy]], 2015]]
* [[Bayan Yessentayeva|Bayan Maksatkyzy ]] (1974), a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] producer, television presenter, actress, and singer.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Oral}}
*{{cite web |url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17093 |title=Uralsk, Kazakhstan |publisher=[[NASA Earth Observatory]] |access-date=2006-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001062527/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17093 |archive-date=2006-10-01}}

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