Kosh-Agach

Kosh-Agach
Кош-Агач
Selo
Other transcription(s)
 • AltaiКӧжӧӧ-Агаш
 • KazakhҚосағаш
View of the Yuzhno-Chuysky ridge
View of the Yuzhno-Chuysky ridge
Coat of arms of Kosh-Agach
Coat of arms
Interactive map of Kosh-Agach
Kosh-Agach is located in Russia
Kosh-Agach
Kosh-Agach
Location of Kosh-Agach
Kosh-Agach is located in Altai Republic
Kosh-Agach
Kosh-Agach
Kosh-Agach (Altai Republic)
Coordinates: 49°59′42″N 88°40′02″E / 49.99500°N 88.66722°E / 49.99500; 88.66722
CountryRussia
Federal subjectAltai Republic
Administrative districtKosh-Agachsky District
SelsovietSelsovietKosh-Agachsky
Founded1801Edit this on Wikidata
Elevation
1,758 m (5,768 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total
7,900
 • Estimate 
(2021)
8,334 (+5.5%)
 • Capital ofKosh-Agachsky District, Kosh-Agachsky Selsoviet
 • Municipal districtKosh-Agachsky Municipal District
 • Rural settlementKosh-Agachskoye Rural Settlement
 • Capital ofKosh-Agachsky Municipal District, Kosh-Agachskoye Rural Settlement
Time zoneUTC+6 (MSK+3 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code
649780Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID84610430101

Kosh-Agach (Russian: Кош-Ага́ч; Altay: Кӧжӧӧ-Агаш, Koş-Agaş; Kazakh: Қосағаш, Qosağaş) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kosh-Agachsky District of the Altai Republic, Russia. Population: 7,900 (2010 census); 5,701 (2002 census); 3,501 (1989 Soviet census).

Geography

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification, Kosh-Agach has a subarctic climate (Dwc), bordering upon a cold arid climate (BWk). The village experiences short, mild summers and long, frigid and extremely dry winters. It is one of the driest places in Russia with annual precipitation just 124 millimetres or 4.88 inches, and just 39 millimetres or 1.54 inches from September to May.

Climate data for Kosh-Agach
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 1.5
(34.7)		 4.3
(39.7)		 14.9
(58.8)		 24.9
(76.8)		 28.2
(82.8)		 30.6
(87.1)		 33.2
(91.8)		 31.2
(88.2)		 27.3
(81.1)		 19.4
(66.9)		 8.9
(48.0)		 2.9
(37.2)		 33.2
(91.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −20.6
(−5.1)		 −14.6
(5.7)		 −2.9
(26.8)		 8.2
(46.8)		 14.6
(58.3)		 20.7
(69.3)		 22.4
(72.3)		 20.4
(68.7)		 14.1
(57.4)		 4.9
(40.8)		 −8.2
(17.2)		 −17.8
(0.0)		 3.4
(38.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −27.3
(−17.1)		 −22.6
(−8.7)		 −10.5
(13.1)		 1.0
(33.8)		 7.4
(45.3)		 13.5
(56.3)		 15.3
(59.5)		 13.1
(55.6)		 6.6
(43.9)		 −2.2
(28.0)		 −14.7
(5.5)		 −24.0
(−11.2)		 −3.7
(25.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −32.1
(−25.8)		 −28.5
(−19.3)		 −17.0
(1.4)		 −5.3
(22.5)		 0.6
(33.1)		 6.7
(44.1)		 9.1
(48.4)		 6.4
(43.5)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 −8.3
(17.1)		 −19.8
(−3.6)		 −28.5
(−19.3)		 −9.8
(14.5)
Record low °C (°F) −55.1
(−67.2)		 −50.9
(−59.6)		 −47.9
(−54.2)		 −34.0
(−29.2)		 −13.8
(7.2)		 −6.5
(20.3)		 −2.2
(28.0)		 −6.2
(20.8)		 −23.9
(−11.0)		 −32.3
(−26.1)		 −46.7
(−52.1)		 −51.2
(−60.2)		 −55.1
(−67.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3
(0.1)		 1
(0.0)		 1
(0.0)		 4
(0.2)		 9
(0.4)		 22
(0.9)		 35
(1.4)		 28
(1.1)		 7
(0.3)		 5
(0.2)		 6
(0.2)		 3
(0.1)		 124
(4.9)
Source: www.pogodaiklimat.ru

Geology

The Baratal limestone, potentially the oldest atoll in the world, was found here.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 84 210 830 7», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 84 210 830 7, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  2. 1 2 Топонимика Республики Алтай. Книга 10. Кош-Агачский район. Редколлегия: канд. ист. наук Н. В. Екеев... Page 41.
  3. 1 2 Law #101-RZ
  4. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Law #10-RZ
  6. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ↑ "Климат Кош-Агача - Погода и климат" (in Russian). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  11. ↑ Uchio, Yuko; Isozaki, Yukio; Buslov, Michael M.; Maruyama, Shigenori (1 August 2008). "Occurrence of phosphatic microfossils in an Ediacaran–Cambrian mid-oceanic paleo-atoll limestone of southern Siberia". Gondwana Research. 14 (1): 183–192. Bibcode:2008GondR..14..183U. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.12.009. ISSN 1342-937X.
  12. ↑ Uchio, Yuko; Isozaki, Yukio; Ota, Tsutomu; Utsunomiya, Atsushi; Buslov, Mikhail M.; Maruyama, Shigenori (2004). "The oldest mid-oceanic carbonate buildup complex: Setting and lithofacies of the Vendian (Late Neoproterozoic) Baratal limestone in the Gorny Altai Mountains, Siberia". Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B. 80 (9): 422–428. Bibcode:2004PJAB...80..422U. doi:10.2183/pjab.80.422. PMC 8147674. S2CID 55987965.

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