Khakassia - Definition and Overview

Khakassia or Khakasiya (Хака́сия or Хака́ссия) is a republic in the Russian Federation located in south central Siberia.

It has an area of 61,900 km² (ranked 49th) and a population of about 575,400. Abakan is the administrative centre of Khakassia, and with a population of around 160,000, the largest city.

Khakas is a Turkic language with co-official status in the republic.

See also: Subdivisions of Russia

Administrative Division

Districts

Khakassia Republic consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

• Altaysky (Алтайский)
• Askizsky (Аскизский)
• Beysky (Бейский)
• Bogradsky (Боградский)
• Ordzhonikidzevsky (Орджоникидзевский)
• Shirinsky (Ширинский)
• Tashtypsky (Таштыпский)
• Ust-Abakansky (Усть-Абаканский)

External links

• Khakassia Banknotes (http://numismondo.com/pm/kaz/)

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