Algha

Algha Алға (cas . ) | Алга ( Russian )
coat of arms
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Aqtobe
Audany:	Algha
Founded :	1930
Coordinates :	49 ° 54 '  N , 57 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '10 "  N , 57 ° 20' 6"  E
Height :	270  m
Residents :	20,494 (Jan 1, 2020)
Time zone :	WKST ( UTC + 5 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 71337
Postal code :	030200-030214
License plate :	04 (old: D)
Community type:	city
Location in Kazakhstan

Algha ( Kazakh Алға ; Russian Алга Alga ) is a small town in northwestern Kazakhstan .

Location and importance

Algha is located in the Aqtöbe area on the banks of the Ilek River , 44 km south of the regional capital Aqtöbe and is the administrative center of the Algha district .

According to the current calculation (2020) the city has 20,494 inhabitants.

The place was granted city rights in 1961 and was called Alga (Алга) in Soviet times .

The largest employer in Algha was a chemical company that existed until the end of the 1990s for the production of fertilizer from phosphorus .

The A27 highway (Kazakhstan) runs through the city .

population

Population development
1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
11,748	14,221	16,420	17,910	15,372	19,705

Mars crater

The Martian crater Alga is named after Algha .

sons and daughters of the town

• Schaqsylyq Dosqalijew (* 1955), doctor and politician

See also

• List of cities in Kazakhstan
• List of Mars craters / A

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. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.