2010 Census | 5,655 |
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2002 Census | 5,376 |
1989 Census | 5,399 |
1979 Census | 4,472 |
Coordinates: 50°45′N 86°08′E / 50.750°N 86.133°E
Onguday (Russian: Онгудай; Altai: Оҥдой) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Ongudaysky District in the Altai Republic, Russia, located on the Ursul River, 210 kilometers (130 mi) from Gorno-Altaysk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,655, consisting mainly of the Altai people and Russians.
It was founded in 1626.
Onguday has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm, humid summers and severely cold, dry winters. The warmest month of the year is July, when the average temperature is +16.9 °C (62.4 °F), the highest temperature recorded being +39.7 °C (103.5 °F). The coldest month of the year is January, when the average temperature is −19.5 °C (−3.1 °F), with the record low of −43.9 °C (−47.0 °F).