Arqalyq
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 Kazakhstan
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| Territory : | Qostanai | ||
| Founded : | 1956 | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 15 ' N , 66 ° 56' E | ||
| Height : | 349 m | ||
| Area : | 46.17 km² | ||
| Residents : | 27.051 (Jan. 1, 2020) | ||
| Population density : | 586 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | EKST ( UTC + 6 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+7) 31430 | ||
| Postal code : | 110300 | ||
| License plate : | 10 (old: P, W) | ||
| Äkim ( Mayor ) : | Eldar Kusenbayev | ||
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| Location in Kazakhstan | |||
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Arqalyq ( Kazakh Арқалық ; formerly Russian Аркалык Arkalyk or Arkalik ) is a city in central Kazakhstan with about 27,000 inhabitants.
Geographical location
The city is 400 km from the regional capital Qostanai and 334 km from the capital Nur-Sultan .
history
Arqalyq was founded in 1956 and was granted city rights in 1965 . The city became the center of the new Torghai Oblast in 1970 , which existed within the Kazakh SSR until 1988 .
population
| Population development | |||||
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| 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | 2009 |
| 3,609 | 15,108 | 47,963 | 62,367 | 45,736 | 28,169 |
economy
The city was a center of the Soviet space program . Many cosmonauts landed nearby in the Kazakh steppe and first came to Arqalyq before traveling on to Baikonur . Even today, Russian Soyuz space capsules land in the vicinity of Arqalyq. In addition, there was a launch system for anti-aircraft missiles , the only system from which the FLA units of the Eastern Bloc armies could actually launch airborne targets.
Today, a bauxite mine is the city's largest employer. It belongs to the company Aluminum Kazakhstan . Since the reserves are nearing the end, the production is to be stopped in 2023.
The city itself is very remote. The regional airport has been closed and the nearest town is 15 hours away by train as Arqalyq is at the end of the Jessil railway junction .
sons and daughters of the town
- Nurmuchambet Äbdibekow (* 1961), politician
See also
Web links
- Official city site (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.
