Balqash
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Territory : | Karagandy | |
Founded : | 1931 | |
Coordinates : | 46 ° 51 ' N , 74 ° 58' 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 | |
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Location in Kazakhstan | ||
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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
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 :
- Gulschat , 60 km to the southwest
- Sajaq , 210 km to the east
- Saryschaghan , 150 km to the southwest
- Shashubai , 1 km to the southwest
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
- Yuri Lontschakow (* 1965), Russian cosmonaut
- Vasily Schirow (* 1974), Kazakh boxer
photos
See also
Web links
- www.balkhash.kz: Official website (Russian)
- Video overview of the city. The year 2000.
- Information about the city on the website of the Karagandy Region (Russian)
- Information from the BBC
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).
- ↑ Kazakhs fear 'death sentence' for another giant lake Report by the AFP news agency on terradaily.com on October 15, 2006