Zaisan (town)

Zaisan or Zaysan (Зайсан, Zaisan; Зайсан), is a town in the East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Zaisan District. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Lake Zaysan at an altitude of 660 meters (2170 ft) above sea level. Population:  The town is located near the eastern terminus of European route E127, which connects it with Omsk in Russia as well as the rest of the European route network.

History
Zaisan was founded in 1868 as a Russian military post.

Climate
Zaisan has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa).