Shieli
Town in Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
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Shieli (Kazakh: Шиелі) is a village in Kyzylorda Region, southern-central Kazakhstan. It is the administrative centre of Shieli District and the head and the only settlement of Shieli rural district (KATO code - 435230100). Population: 29,632 (2009 census results);[1] 28,621 (1999 census results).[1]
Shieli
Шиелі | |
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Town | |
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  Shieli Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 44°10′44″N 66°43′58″E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Kyzylorda Region |
| District | Shieli District |
| Tural District | Shieli rural district |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 32,480 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Postcode | 120700 — 120703 |
Shieli was founded in 1904 at the time of the construction of the Orenburg–Tashkent Railway.
Geography
Shieli is located by the right bank of the Syr Darya river. The 181 kilometers (112 mi) long Shieli-Telikol Canal was built for irrigation, connecting the Telikol lacustrine basin to the north with the Syr Darya river near Shieli.[2]
Climate
Shieli has a cold desert climate (Köppen: BWk)[3] with cold winters and hot summers.
| Climate data for Shieli (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
33.7 (92.7) |
35.2 (95.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
2.3 (36.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
0.1 (32.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.5 (0.73) |
15.5 (0.61) |
15.8 (0.62) |
17.0 (0.67) |
20.1 (0.79) |
7.4 (0.29) |
4.8 (0.19) |
3.2 (0.13) |
2.4 (0.09) |
8.1 (0.32) |
18.5 (0.73) |
13.6 (0.54) |
144.9 (5.70) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 32.3 |
| Source: NOAA[4] | |||||||||||||
