Altai (Kazakhstan)

Altai Алтай
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	East Kazakhstan
Audany:	Altai
Founded :	1791
Coordinates :	49 ° 44 '  N , 84 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '52 "  N , 84 ° 16' 12"  E
Height :	454  m
Residents :	35,440 (Jan 1, 2020)
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72335
Postal code :	070800-070804, F42 ****
License plate :	16 (old: F, U)
Community type:	city
Äkim ( Mayor ) :	Larissa Grechushnikova
Location in Kazakhstan

Altai ( Kazakh and Russian Алтай, until January 3, 2019 Syrianovsk , Зыряновск ) is a city in Kazakhstan .

It is located in East Kazakhstan and is the capital of the Altai Audany administrative district (formerly Syrjan).

geography

Altai is located in the easternmost part of the country, not far from the border with the Russian Republic of Altai , on the Berjosowka river not far from its confluence with the Buchtarma . The distance to Öskemen , the regional capital, is about 180 km. The surroundings of Altai are shaped by the Altai Mountains of the same name .

population

Altai has a population of 35,440 (2020). After the end of the Soviet Union , the population began to decline, mainly due to emigration. The city is still strongly Russian today, Russians make up around 80% of the population, Kazakhs only around 13%, the rest is distributed among other nationalities.

Population development
1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
16,156	54,119	56.206	51,132	52,838	45,800	39,320

history

Altai was founded on May 5, 1791. It received city rights on January 17, 1941.

Economy and Transport

Altai is a lead and zinc processing industrial site owned by the mining company Kazzinc . The origins of mining in this region go back to 1791 when rich ore deposits were discovered here.

The city is the end of a railway line that branches off the Turkestan-Siberian Railway in Lokot ( Russia ) .

sons and daughters of the town

• Alfred Koch (* 1961), Russian economist, politician, writer and entrepreneur

See also

• List of cities in Kazakhstan

Web links

• Official city site (Russian)
• Photos from the Buchtarma Reservoir, Syrianovsk
• Panoramic views of the Buchtarma reservoir, Syrianovsk and the surrounding area
• Private homepage about the city (Russian)

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. ↑ О переименовании Зыряновского района и города Зыряновск Восточно-Казахстанской области в район Алтай и город Алтай Восточно -Казахстанской области - Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан. Retrieved May 17, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Н.П.Лагутина, Т.Ю. Набокова, Т.П. Филатова: Атлас Железные Дороги . Omsk 2010, p. 85.