Kara-Kulja
Kara-Kulja | |
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Coordinates: 40°38′00″N 73°35′33″E / 40.63333°N 73.59250°E | |
Country | Kyrgyzstan |
Region | Osh Region |
District | Kara-Kulja District |
Elevation | 1,390 m (4,560 ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 15,616 |
Time zone | UTC+6 |
Kara-Kulja (Kyrgyz: Кара-Кулжа, قارا-قۇلجا; Russian: Кара-Кульджа, Kara-Kul’dzha) is the center of Kara-Kulja District in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan.[1]
It is located in the mountain valley of the river Kara Darya, southeast and upstream from Uzgen. Its population was 15,616 in 2021.[2]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2009 | 11,794 | — |
2021 | 15,616 | +2.37% |
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][3] |
Climate
[edit]Kara-Kulja has a hot, dry-summer continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsa). There is more rainfall in winter than in summer. The average annual temperature in Kara-Kulja is 9.4 °C (48.9 °F). About 527 mm (20.75 in) of precipitation falls annually.
Climate data for Kara-Kulja | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) | 1.3 (34.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 17.9 (64.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 27.7 (81.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.0 (84.2) | 24.4 (75.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 8.2 (46.8) | 0.8 (33.4) | 15.6 (60.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.4 (11.5) | −8.6 (16.5) | −1.2 (29.8) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 15.5 (59.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 3.3 (37.9) | −2.8 (27.0) | −7.9 (17.8) | 3.3 (37.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 32 (1.3) | 39 (1.5) | 62 (2.4) | 82 (3.2) | 87 (3.4) | 50 (2.0) | 30 (1.2) | 14 (0.6) | 18 (0.7) | 48 (1.9) | 36 (1.4) | 29 (1.1) | 527 (20.7) |
Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data |
References
[edit]- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 57–59.
- ^ a b "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.
- ^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Osh Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 217.