Oral ( Kazakh : Орал , pronounced [woˈrɑɫ] ), known in Russian 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).
2-643: 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. In September 2017, the Kazakhstan Bandy Federation bought the club. The city sent a team to the Spartakiade 2009 and
4-549: The finished second. All the players of the Under-23 national team in the 2013–14 season came from Oral. After the Kazakhstan national bandy team took the gold medal at the 2011 Asian Winter Games , the team came back to Oral in triumph. The climate of Oral is humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification : Dfa ) with long cold winters and warm, often hot summers. Summers are extremely hot considering its position north of
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