Bayanaul is a settlement in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. It is the capital of Bayanaul District and the administrative center of the Bayanaul rural district (KATO code - 553630100). Population:

History

The village of Bayan-Aul was founded in 1826 by Siberian Cossacks. The first ataman of the village was appointed in 1834 as the head of the Bayanaul district - Nikolai Ilyich Potanin, the father of the future famous geographer, ethnographer, scientist and traveler Grigory Potanin. In 1833, by order of the government, the Bayanaul external district was formed as part of the Omsk region. Shon Yedigin was elected senior sultan in the district. In 1838, the district was abolished, the territory became part of the Semipalatinsk region. In 1854, the Bayanaul district was again formed as part of the Siberian Kirghiz Region. In 1868 the district was abolished. Bayanaul once again became part of the Semipalatinsk region.

Geography

Bayanaul lies in the Kazakh Uplands, just below the slopes of Bayanaul Range, near lake Sabyndykol. The Bayanaul National Park, a 68453 ha protected area, is located in the district, within the perimeter of the mountain range.

Climate