Balqash

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Balqash
Балқаш ( kas. ) | Балхаш ( Russian )
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Basic data
State : KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Territory : Karagandy
Founded : 1931
 
Coordinates : 46 ° 51 '  N , 74 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 50 '30 "  N , 74 ° 57' 48"  E
Height : 440  m
 
Area : 230  km²
Residents : 79,191 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density : 344 inhabitants per km²
 
Time zone : EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code : (+7) 71036
Postal code : 100300-100316
License plate : 09 (old: M, K)
 
Äkim ( Mayor ) : Alexander Agliulin
Website :
Location in Kazakhstan
Balqash (Kazakhstan)
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View of the city of Balqasch, 2004

Balkhash ( Kazakh Балқаш , Russian Балхаш Balkhash ) is a town with 79,191 inhabitants (at January 1, 2020) at Lake Balkhash in the region Karaganda in Kazakhstan .

geography

City center, 2007
Winter road, 2008

The city is located about 500 km west of the Chinese border and about 300 km south of Karagandy on the north bank of Lake Balkhash at an altitude of 440 m.

Four settlements belong to the urban area :

population

Ethnicity number
Kazakhs 35,485
Russians 29,846
Ukrainians 2.223
German 2,194
Tatars 1,344
Korean 1,320
Belarusians 396
Chechens 194
Others 1,098

history

It was founded in 1937 as an industrial city around the Metallurgical Combine of Balqasch . The copper still mined there today was largely responsible for the development of the city.

Since the independence of Kazakhstan, official names have been written in Kazakh , which is why there are different spellings for the city and, for example, Lake Balkhash .

environmental issues

Environmental problems threaten the city and the surrounding region. The city's largest employer, the Metallurgical Combine, buries its waste 300 meters from the lake. According to experts, 25,000 tons of heavy metals get into the lake every year.

traffic

Airport

Balkhash has a regional airport, through which it is connected to the provincial capital Karagandy by the airline SCAT .

railroad

The city lies on the railway line from Mojynty in the west to Aqtogai in the east and is therefore connected to the central Kazakh route network and the Turksib .

Trunk roads

The important north-south route M36 runs through Balkhash - it connects the city with Qaraghandy in the north, 380 km away .

sons and daughters of the town

photos

See also

Web links

Commons : Balqasch  - 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. Kazakhs fear 'death sentence' for another giant lake Report by the AFP news agency on terradaily.com on October 15, 2006