Arys (Kazakhstan)

arys Арыс
coat of arms
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Turkistan
Founded :	1900
Coordinates :	42 ° 26 '  N , 68 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 26 '0 "  N , 68 ° 48' 0"  E
Height :	238  m
Residents :	46,233 (Jan 1, 2020)
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72540
Postal code :	160100
License plate :	13 (old: X)
Äkim ( Mayor ) :	Murat Qadyrbek
Website :	turkistan-aris.gov.kz
Location in Kazakhstan

Arys ( Kazakh and Russian Арыс ) is a city in southern Kazakhstan .

geography

The city is located on the Arys River in the Turkistan region 79 km northwest of Shymkent .

history

The place was founded in 1900 as a settlement on the Trans-Aral Railway . In 1956 Arys was granted city rights.

In March 2009 there was an explosion on the premises of an ammunition disposal company in which three people were killed and 17 injured. On June 26, 2014, another major explosion occurred in the city, killing two people.

On June 24, 2019, there were several serious explosions in a military ammunition dump near Arys. The explosions lasted a total of four days and prompted authorities to evacuate the city completely. A total of four people were killed and 85 percent of all buildings in Arys were damaged.

population

Population development
1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
22,743	26,414	27,995	33,523	34,143	37,996

traffic

The Turkestan-Siberian Railway (Turksib) coming from Novosibirsk joins the Trans-Aral Railway , which runs from Orenburg in Russia to Tashkent in Uzbekistan , at Arys main station ( Arys 1 ) .

sons and daughters of the town

• Murat Schurynow (* 1941), chemist; since 2003 President of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences

See also

• List of cities in Kazakhstan

Web links

• Official website of the city of Arys (English, Kazakh and 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. ^ Deadly blast at munitions disposal facility kills two in South Kazakhstan. Tengri News, accessed on August 5, 2019.
3. ↑ Death Toll From Kazakh Munitions Warehouse Blasts In June Rises To Four. rferl.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.
4. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.
5. ↑ Н. П. Лагутина, Т. Ю. Набокова, Т. П. Филатова: Атлас Железные Дороги . Omsk 2010, ISBN 978-5-9523-0313-3 , p. 87.