Khakassy

The Republic of Khakasia

The Republic of Khakasia is situated on the South-West part of East Siberia on the lest bank of the Yenisey river basin, it occupies the biggest part of Khakassko-Minusinsky hollow. The spread of the Republic from the north to the south is 460 km, from west to east (in the widest part of it) is 200 km. On the north, east and south-east the territory of the Republic borders with Krasnoyarsk territory, in west with Kemerovo region  , on the south with the Republic of Tuva, on the south-west with the Republic of Altai. The whole square of territory of Khakasia is 61,9 thousands km². The population of the Republic is 583,2 thousand people. The specific gravity of the Republic in the structure of Russia is 0,4% both by area and by population. The dense of the population is 9,4 man on 1 km². National blend of the Republic is: Russians– 79,5%, Khakassian– 11,1%, Ukrainians– 2,3%, Germans– 2%, other nationalities– 5,1%.

The climate of Khakasia is sharply continental, with cold winters and hot summers. A huge rippling air temperature and drains is usual. The average temperature of July is +19°C, January is -20°C. The length of non-frost period is from 80 to 120 days. In April and May almost every year there are strong winds with a speed of 17-20 m/с.

The landscapes of Khakasia is very difficult, it presents the blend of mountain ranges with intermountain troughs. The absolute heights sway from 200 to 3400 meters above the sea level. The whole west and south of Khakasia is covered with mountain-taiga's forests, it is a big area, which calculates 3,3 million ha.

 The most important rivers of the territory are Yenisey and its left inflow Abakan. In Khakasia there is a well-known in Siberia lake Shira with its medical waters and dirt. Very huge area is covered with water reservoir of Krasnoyarsk and Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power stations.

The Republic is rich in mineral recourses.

The animal world of Khakasia is also very rich and vary. The least known group of animals in Khakasia are invertebrate. It is impossible to speak even abut approximate number of species. The vary of birds  amazes, it counts 317 of different types. The severe winters does not present serious barrier for normal life of birds. The specious composition is reach of mammals, it counts 76 types, such as lepus, musk-rat, American mink, beaver and wild boar. Red wolf, snow leopard and argali are exclusively rare animals, that are singed in the red book of Russia.

Khakasia is an industrial and agricultural republic. Today the republic has very powerful industrial and agricultural potential: these are both energetic and metal mining, logging and woodworking industries, machine building, metallurgy, industry, agricultural production, light and food industries.

The Republic includes 5 cities: Abakan, Chernogorsk, Sorsk, Abasa, Sayanogorsk and more then 20 settlementsof the city type. The capital of the Republic of Khakasia is Abakan city.

The information about the Republic of Khakasia You can find on the next web site:

www.gov.khakasnet.ru