Kokshetau, known as Kokchetav from 1868 to 1993, is a lakeside city in northern Kazakhstan and the capital of Akmola Region. It sits on the southern shore of Lake Kopa within the Kokshetau Hills, part of the wider Saryarka upland system, and takes its name from nearby Mount Kokshe.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kokshetau (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1824-04-29T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 183,170 (2026)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 53.28245, longitude 69.396919
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 234 m
P2046 (area)
area 233.97 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 183170 (2026)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Kokshetau - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1522203
53.28414 69.39364 P PPLA KZ 03 150649 231 Asia/Almaty
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 231 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.25, 69.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.25, 69.25
53.25 69.25 BSk
Kokshetau (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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