Borili District
district of Kazakhstan in the West Kazakhstan Region
Borili (Kazakh: Бөрілі ауданы, Börılı audany) is a district of West Kazakhstan Region in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Aksay. Population: 54,809 (2013 estimate); 53,235 (2009 census results); 48,958 (1999 census results).
Geography
The district is located in the north-eastern part of the West Kazakhstan region. The district borders on three districts of the West Kazakhstan region and in the north along the Ilek and Ural river with the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation. The territory of the district covers an area of 5.6 thousand square kilometers. The climate is continental. Summers are hot, winters are harsh. The average temperature in January is — −15 °C, in July - 24 °C. The average annual rainfall is 200–250 mm. The subsoil is rich in oil and gas (the Karachaganak Field).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Borili District” as district of Kazakhstan in the West Kazakhstan Region. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as district of Kazakhstan in the West Kazakhstan Region. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 10, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2737283. Authority coordinates are 51.167, 52.997. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013, 2009 and 1999.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Borili District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.