Chrome rope

Chrome rope ромтау
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Aqtobe
Audany:	Chrome rope
Coordinates :	50 ° 15 '  N , 58 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '1 "  N , 58 ° 26' 5"  E
Height :	435  m
Residents :	27,158 (Jan 1, 2020)
Time zone :	WKST ( UTC + 5 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 31336
Postal code :	031100
License plate :	04 (old: D)
Community type:	city
Location in Kazakhstan

Chromtau ( Kazakh and Russian Хромтау ) is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan .

Geographical location

The city is located in the Aktobe region, not far from the border with Russia .

population

According to the current calculation (2020) the city has 27,158 citizens.

Population development
1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
7,672	12,025	17,917	24,438	23,882	24,089

history

Chromtau was granted city rights in 1967.

economy

There are important chrome ore deposits in the vicinity of the city . The most important company is the "Vozhod" chrome and nickel mine Shevchenko of the Mechel group. The Kazchrome company also mines chrome ore here in the Donskoi mining and processing plant.

Sports

The city is home to the football club FK Gornjak Chromtau , which took part in the top division of Kazakhstan ( upper league ) from 1992 to 1995 .

traffic

The M32 road runs through the city .

Chromtau was at the end of a junction of the Orenburg - Tashkent railway line ( Trans-Aral Railway ). On October 18, 2003 the Chromtau - Altynsarino section in the Qostanai region was opened. This connects the northern regions with the west of the country.

sons and daughters of the town

• Jürgen Doberstein (* 1989), German professional boxer
• Alimuchammed Quttumuratuly (born 1983), politician

See also

• List of cities in Kazakhstan

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. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.