Map of Qostanay
Qostanay is a first-level division of Kazakhstan. Its largest mapped city is Oostanay, with about 236,901 people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Qostanay, and the tables list its 8 mapped cities along with the lakes nearest to them.
- Cities Mapped
- 8
- Largest City
- Oostanay
- Country
- Kazakhstan
Interactive Map of Qostanay
About Qostanay
Kostanay is a city located on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Kostanay Region. As of 24 March 2022, the city's governor is Marat Zhundubayev.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Kostanay (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Qostanay in Depth
History
The area formed part of the Kazakh Khanate, and was defended from raids of the Nogai Horde and Khanate of Sibir in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Kostanay was founded by Russian settlers in 1879 and named Nikolaevsk, in honor of Tsar Nicholas II. In 1888, the town had more than 3,000 inhabitants involved in the building of a mill and a brewery, which are still operational. In 1893, Kustanay was granted city status.
In 1912–13, a southern branch of the Siberian Railway was built connecting Kostanay with Troitsk and Chelyabinsk, and the city established regular trade links with central Russia, and the local industry developed. The Red Army took control in 1918 and changed the city's name to Kustanay. A horse stud farm was established in the 1920s.
Climate
Kostanay has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb), with very warm, dry summers and frigid, snowy winters. The average July temperature is 20.8 °C or 69.4 °F and that in January −14.9 °C or 5.2 °F, although sharp changes in temperature during the day are characteristic. Average wind speed is 3.2 metres per second (12 km/h; 7.2 mph; 6.2 kn), mainly from the south in winter and from the north in summer. Precipitation averages around 335 millimetres or 13.2 inches with a summer maximum. The average annual humidity is 71 percent and the growing season averages about 170 days.
Geographic location
The city is located in the steppe zone in the north of the Turgay plateau, in the south-eastern part of the West Siberian Plain, on the Tobol River, 571 km north-west of Astana city (704 km along the highway). The nearest city with at least a million inhabitants is Chelyabinsk in Russia, located 260 km north-west of Kostanay.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Kostanay (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Qostanay: Key Facts
| Population | 258,990 (2021) |
|---|---|
| Area | 240 km² |
| Established | 1879 |
Facts from Wikidata Q488990 (CC0).
History of Qostanay: Empires and States
The atlas records 11 polities whose mapped territory included part of Qostanay, from Göktürk Khaganate in 555 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here |
|---|---|
| Göktürk Khaganate | 555–586 CE |
| Western Göktürks | 587–646 CE |
| Kimek-Kipchak confederation | 750–1226 CE |
| The Mongol Empire | 1227–1293 CE |
| Golden Horde | 1294–1401 CE |
| White Horde | 1363–1384 CE |
| Khanate of Sibir | 1429–1486 CE |
| Kazakh Khanate | 1482–1847 CE |
| The Russian Empire | 1848–1916 CE |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1922–1991 CE |
| Kazakhstan | 1992–2024 CE |
Historical Maps of Qostanay
Qostanay on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Qostanay
8 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oostanay | 236,901 | Qostanay | Admin-1 capital |
| 2 | Rudny | 124,000 | Qostanay | Populated place |
| 3 | Arqalyq | 55,521 | Qostanay | Populated place |
| 4 | Zhetiqara | 46,740 | Qostanay | Populated place |
| 5 | Komsomolets | 9,838 | Qostanay | Populated place |
| 6 | Qusmuryn | 8,049 | Qostanay | Populated place |
| 7 | Tobol | 7,155 | Qostanay | Populated place |
| 8 | Turgay | 5,277 | Qostanay | Admin-1 capital |
Largest Lakes in Qostanay
9 lakes mapped. Ranked by mapped surface area. A lake on a border is listed under each country it lies in, with the area of the whole lake. Assigned by the nearest mapped city, so features near the boundary may belong to a neighbouring division.
| # | Name | Surface Area | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tengiz Köli | 1,424 km² | Alkaline Lake |
| 2 | Qusmuryn Köli | 457 km² | Alkaline Lake |
| 3 | Saryqopa Kli | 174 km² | Lake |
| 4 | Iken Aqsuat Kli | 140 km² | Lake |
| 5 | Zharman Kli | 137 km² | Lake |
| 6 | Koybaghar Kli | 93 km² | Lake |
| 7 | Qypshaq Kli | 72 km² | Alkaline Lake |
| 8 | Yke Lake | 68 km² | Lake |
| 9 | Kerey Kli | 58 km² | Lake |
Qostanay: Quick Answers
- Where is Qostanay?
- Qostanay is a first-level division of Kazakhstan, in Asia. Its mapped cities centre on 52.1426° N, 63.4523° E.
- What is the largest city in Qostanay?
- Oostanay is the largest city mapped in Qostanay, with a metropolitan population of about 236,901.
- How many cities are in Qostanay?
- YearMaps maps 8 cities and towns in Qostanay, with a combined metropolitan population of about 493,481. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.
- What is the largest lake in Qostanay?
- The largest lake mapped in or beside Qostanay is Tengiz Köli, at about 1,424 km².