Khakassia
geographical name
Kha·kas·sia kə-ˈkäs-yə 
ḵə-;
kə-ˈka-zhə
variants or Khakasiya
autonomous region of southern Russia in Asia in southwestern Krasnoyarsk Territory north of the Sayan Mountains and west of the Yenisey River; capital Abakan area about 24,000 square miles (62,400 square kilometers), population 532,403