Zhanaarka
Zhanaarka
Жаңаарқа | |
|---|---|
 Municipal Library | |
  Zhanaarka Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′02″N 71°38′15″E / 48.68389°N 71.63750°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Ulytau Region |
| District | Zhanaarka District |
| Area | |
• Total | 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 486 m (1,594 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 17,559 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (Kazakhstan Time) |
| Postcode | 101500 |
Zhanaarka,[a] known as Atasu[1] until 2020, is a town in Zhanaarka District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the district and the only populated center of the Atasu rural district (KATO code - 354430100).[2] Population: 14,265 (2009 census results);[3] 14,281 (1999 census results).[3][4]
Geography
[edit]Zhanaarka is located 320 kilometers (200 mi) to the northeast of Zhezkazgan city, by the confluence of the Sarysu and Zhaman Sarysu rivers. Lake Koktinkoli lies 35 kilometers (22 mi) to the southeast of the town.[5][6]
Notable people
[edit]- Aliya Beysenova - geographer, born in 1932 in Konek, a tract in Zhanaarka[7]
Notes
[edit]- ↑
- Kazakh: Жаңаарқа, romanized: Jañaarqa, pronounced [ʒɑŋɑ́.ɑrqʰɑ́]; lit. 'New Back'
- Russian: Жанаарка, romanized: Žanaarka, pronounced [ʐɐˌna.ɐrˈka]
References
[edit]- ↑ Қарағанды облысы Жаңаарқа ауданындағы Атасу кентін қайта атау туралы (Number of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan by gender and type of local area —as of January 1, 2023)
- ↑ "База КАТО". Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- 1 2 "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "Итоги Национальной переписи населения Республики Казахстан 2009 года" (PDF). Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-13.
- ↑ "M-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ↑ Google Earth.
- ↑ "Казахский Национальный педагогический университет имени Абая". kaznpu.kz. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
External links
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Media related to Zhanaarka at Wikimedia Commons
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