Urschar

Ürschar Үржар ( kas. ) | Урджар ( Russian )
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	East Kazakhstan
Audany:	Urschar
Founded :	1854
Coordinates :	47 ° 5 '  N , 81 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 5 '16 "  N , 81 ° 37' 47"  E
Height :	479  m
Residents :	12,822 (Jan 1, 2020)
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72230
Postal code :	071700-071703
License plate :	16 (old: F, U)
Location in Kazakhstan

Ürschar ( Kazakh Үржар , Russian Урджар Urjar ) is a place in Kazakhstan .

geography

Ürschar is located in eastern Kazakhstan in the Eastern Kazakhstan region at the southern foot of the Tarbagatai Mountains . Two small rivers flow through the village, which have their source in the nearby mountains and merge south of Ürschar to form the Ürschar river of the same name ; this finally flows into the Alakölsee . The place is located about 130 kilometers southeast of Ajagös and about 100 kilometers northwest of the Chinese city of Tacheng .

history

The place was founded in 1854 as a Cossack settlement . Its establishment was part of the campaign to increase the Russian population in the Semirechye and Ili regions by the Russian Tsar Alexander II . The village was first named Stanitsa Karabulakskaja (Станица Карабулакская) and was mainly used to develop the southeastern part of the Semipalatinsk region. At first the population consisted mainly of Siberian Cossacks, later other settlers, mainly farmers, from Siberia settled here. Later he was renamed Stanitsa Urdscharskuju (Станица Урджарскую). The place developed into a regional trading center, so caravan routes led through Ürschar and between 1867 and 1879 the village hosted a Chinese trade mission.

population

At the 1999 census, Ürschar had 16,830 inhabitants. The last census in 2009 showed a population of 17,320 for the place. The extrapolation of the population resulted in a population of 12,822 as of January 1, 2020.

Population development
1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
9.002	12,604	17,108	18,259	18,491	16,830	17,320

traffic

Ürschar has a small regional airport ( IATA code : UZR, ICAO code : UASU). From here there are connections to Almaty , Nur-Sultan as well as to Öskemen and Semei . The Kazakh highway A8 runs through the village, which runs as an east-west route from Taskesken via Ürschar to the Chinese border at Tacheng.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Oxana Jazkaja (* 1978), cross-country skier
• Jerdos Achmadijew (* 1985), cross-country skier
• Dias Keneschow (* 1985), biathlete
• Almat Kebispajew (* 1987), wrestler

Web links

Commons : Ürschar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Численность населения Республики Казахстан по полу в разрезе областей и столицы, столицы, столицы, анколицы, столицы, городоав, областей и столицы, анкония, горойцы, коники, городоав,. ( Excel ; 96 KB) stat.gov.kz, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Russian). 
2. ↑ Восточно-Казахстанская область - Урджарский район: История. invest.e-vko.kz, accessed on August 18, 2020 (Russian).
3. ↑ Урджарский район, село Урджар. e-arhiv.vko.gov.kz, accessed August 18, 2020 (Russian).