Oral (Kazakhstan)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
אורל (קזחסטן)
Name (Latin)
Oral (Kazakhstan)
Other forms of name
nnaa Uralʹsk, Russia
Uralʹsk (Kazakhstan)
nne Uralʹsk (Kazakh S.S.R.)
Coordinates
51.3725 51.3725 51.2225 51.2225 (gooearth )
Associated country
Kazakhstan
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 152499116
Wikidata: Q487439
Library of congress: n 84195786
Old Aleph NLI id: 597
Sources of Information
  • Soviet Union. Glavnoe upravlenie geodezii i kartografii. Uralʹsk, turistskaia skhema, 1984:
  • LC data base, 1-18-85
  • BGN USSR gaz., 2nd ed., 1970,
  • Gordon, J. Sołdat, czyli Sześć lat w Orenburgu i Uralsku, 1865:
  • Geog. and global issues, Autumn 1993:
  • Tezisy 56-ĭ Nauchno-prakticheskoĭ konferent︠s︡ii professorsko-prepodavatelʹskogo sostava, posvi︠a︡shchennoĭ 60-letii︠u︡ UPI im. A.S. Pushkina, 1995:
  • Russia and the newly independent nations of the former USSR [MAP] March, 1993
  • GEOnet WWW, 09-04-96
  • Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl., 3rd ed:
Wikipedia description:

Oral (Kazakh: Орал, pronounced [woˈrɑɫ] ), also known as Uralsk (Russian: Уральск, IPA: [ʊˈralʲsk]), 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, it 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: 271,900 (2009 Census results); 194,905 (1999 Census results).

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