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Kostanai ('''Қостанай'''; alternative spellings include most adequately Qostanay, but also Kostanay, Qostanai, and Kustanai.) is a city located in the northern part of Kazakhstan , in Central Asia . The population living in Kostanai is 223,600 people. Kostanai is the capital of Qostanay Province . (map) COUNTRY AND AREA TELEPHONE CODE Country Code: +7 Area Code: 3142 POSTAL CODES IN KAZAKHSTAN Kostanai - 110000 Other Cities Rudniy - 111500 Lisakovsk - 111200 Arkalyk - 110300 Districts (Rayon) Amangeldinskiy - 110200 Auliekolskiy - 110400 Altynsarinskiy - 110101 Denisovslkiy - 110500 Zhangeldinsliy - 110600 Zhytikharinskiy - 110700 Kamystinskiy - 110800 Karabalykskiy - 110900 Karasusskiy - 111000 Kostanaiskiy - 111100 Mendykharinskiy - 111300 Naurzumskiy - 111400 Sarykolskiy - 111600 Taranovskiy - 111700 Fedorovskiy - 111900 Uzunkolskiy - 111800 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS In Kostanai there are 8 higher educational institutions. There are also 22 colleges in which over 12,200 pupils are taught. In 2002-2003 year there were 723 schools open, with a total number of 155,500 students. The state network of culture totals 380 libraries, 201 club establishments, 8 museums and 2 theatres. There are numerous athletic facilities: two sports arenas, 26 stadiums, 10 sports complexes and 567 sports halls. SIGHTS OF KOSTANAI Kostanai is rich in objects with a historical-cultural heritage. The regional center includes the monument, the Bust to Two Heroes of Soviet Union (I. F. Pavlov and L. I. Beda), the A. Baitursynov monument, the Memorial complex of memory of victims of the Second World War, A. Imanov bust, L.I. Taranu Bust and the B. Majlinu Monument. COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION The main transit roads connect the regional center with the following cities in Russia: Chelyabinsk , Magnitogorsk , Troitsk , Yekaterinburg , Kurgan , and Tyumen . They also connect to Astana , Almaty , in Kazakhstan, and adjoining areas. The length of the railways is 1048 km. Fifty-three stations process cargo and passenger transportation. Oil is delivered from Russia and from oil refineries in Kazakhstan by rail. Runways of the airport of Kostanai can accept the following types of airplanes: Tu-134, Tu-154, АН-22, Il-86 and some Boeing Airliners . From Kostanai International Airport, there are regular and charter flights to many cities in Kazakhstan, many Former Soviet Republics , Germany ( Frankfurt and Hanover ), the United Arab Emirates , Turkey , and others. These are ports of entry and customs checkpoints. The local telecommunications monopoly in the Kostanai region is the a branch of "Kazaktelekom". The big development was when Kostanai oblast gained Internet access, cellular communication, and Internet telephony. WATER The city of Lisakovsk gets water from the Verhnetobols water basins (underground volume totals 814 million cubic meters). Regional centers Sarykol, Karasu, Uzunkol are supplied with water with Ishim water supply line and Sеrgeevsk water basin which is on the territory of the North-Kazakhstan region. 12 big water supply lines on the territory of Kostanai region give water to more than 220 settlements and 5 regional centers. Water delivery of other areas is carried out from local sources (deposits of underground waters). CLIMATE The Kostanai oblast climate is continental, with strongly pronounced alternation of four seasons. Average temperatures: January: -18 to -19 °С, July: 19 to 22 °С. In the winter, the temperature can be as cold as -25 to -30 °C. In summer, the temperature can reach 30 °C. Annual amount of precipitation is 300-350 mm in the northern areas and 240 to 280 mm in the south. The growing season is about 150 to 175 days in the north and 180 days in the south. EXTERNAL LINKS
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