Saumalkol (North Kazakhstan)

Saumalkol (Саумалкөл), known as Volodarskoye until 1997, is a settlement and the administrative center of Aiyrtau District in North Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. It is the head of the Volodar rural district (KATO code - 593230100). Population:

Geography
Saumalkol town lies by the lake of the same name, 248 km to the southwest of Petropavl and 90 km to the west of Kokshetau.

Climate
Saumalkol has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb) with frigid winters and warm summers.