Kentau

Kentau Кентау
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Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Turkistan
Founded :	1955
Coordinates :	43 ° 30 ′  N , 68 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 68 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	436  m
Residents :	68,707 (Jan. 1, 2020)
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72536
Postal code :	160400, 160401
License plate :	13 (old: X)
Community type:	city
Äkim ( Mayor ) :	Dacians Machashanov
Website :	e-kent.gov.kz
Location in Kazakhstan

Kentau ( Kazakh and Russian Кентау ) is an industrial city founded in 1955 in the Turkistan region in southern Kazakhstan . It is located at the foot of the Qaratau and has 68,707 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Geographical location

Kentau is located in the south of Kazakhstan in the Turkistan region . The place is about 30 kilometers northeast of the city of Turkistan and 160 kilometers from Schymkent . The city is located at the foot of the Qaratau , a northwestern branch of the Tianshan . There are ore deposits in the Kentau area, some of which are now abandoned. Barite , lead , zinc and silver were mined in the Mirgalimsai opencast mine, which is located directly on the western city limits . Today it is shut down and partially filled with water.

From an administrative point of view, Kentau forms its own urban district in the Turkistan region. As of 2018, the territory that is subordinate to the city administration covers an area of ​​7,745 square kilometers. Since then, a total of 46 villages and settlements have belonged to the city. The total population is 206,720 (as of January 1, 2020), of which only 68,707 people live in the city themselves.

climate

Kentau has a cold semi-arid steppe climate , which corresponds to the effective climate classification Bsk . Summers are hot and relatively dry with an average temperature of 26 ° C. There is little rainfall throughout the year in Kentau , most of it falling in winter and spring. In summer, on the other hand, there is very little rain, the average rainfall in August is only two millimeters. The annual amount of precipitation adds up to around 220 mm.

Kentau
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     20th   -1 -10     24   1 -8th     28   9 -2     36   19th 6th     26th   26th 11     8th   32 16     4th   35 18th     2   33 15th     3   27 9     15th   18th 2     22nd   8th -3     31   1 -7 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: climate-data.org

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Kentau Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −1.2 1.4 9.4 19.2 26th 31.8 34.5 32.7 26.9 17.6 8.3 1.2 O 17.4 Min. Temperature (° C) −9.8 −8.1 −1.6 6.1 11.4 15.6 17.8 15.3 9.3 2 −3.3 −7.2 O 4th Temperature (° C) −5.5 −3.4 3.9 12.6 18.7 23.7 26.1 24 18.1 9.8 2.5 −3 O 10.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 20th 24 28 36 26th 8th 4th 2 3 15th 22nd 31 Σ 219 Source: climate-data.org

history

Kentau's history is closely related to mining in the area. As early as the 19th century, Russian merchants tried to develop the nearby lead deposit Ashtschyssai. Geological exploration of the region began in the 1920s, during which the Ashtschyssai and Mirgalimsai deposits were classified as significant lead deposits in the Soviet Union . The present-day city goes back to the establishment of the workers' village Mirgalimsai (Миргалимсай) in 1952, which was established in the course of the development of the Aschyssai deposit.

Four years later the village was merged with another village and renamed Kentau on August 1, 1955; at the same time, the new place was granted city rights. The population consisted largely of people who were deported to remote Kazakhstan during the Second World War . Many of them were Germans , Greeks , Tatars and Chechens . The city grew rapidly, so that just four years after it was founded, 38,000 people were already living here. The economy was almost entirely geared towards mining, with the largest employer being the Ashtschyssai Polymetallic Combine. In 1959, the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR decided to set up a plant for the manufacture of transformers in Kentau. In 1965, operations began on the 40-kilometer broad-gauge railway from Turkestan to Kentau. In 1971 a plan for urban development was passed, according to which multi-storey prefabricated buildings should characterize the cityscape.

At the beginning of the 1990s with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of Kazakhstan, the economic situation in Kentau deteriorated. The city was also heavily in debt and could no longer pay the bills for buying electricity, which limited the city's power supply. In 1996 the Mirgalimsai opencast mine was closed. The Kazakh government tried to save the city's combine, but it did not succeed. In August 1997 the combine ceased operations, and with it most of the city's other industrial companies. Up to then up to 13,000 people were employed there. Many residents then left the city to find work in other large cities.

The city's economy slowly began to recover in the early 2000s. On June 15, 2000, the bankruptcy proceedings at Achpolimetal were completed, which lasted 18 months. Ownership of the facility passed to Yuzhpolimetall . The company began to resume production at the facility in the southeast of the city. After Yuzhpolimetall ran into financial difficulties in 2008, Chinese investors bought the plant. In recent years the development of several new ore deposits around Kentau has begun, in which gold and copper, among other things , are to be mined.

population

Population development
1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
38,108	54,946	62.991	64,228	55,521	57.121

Politics and administration

mayor

Mayor ( Kazakh Әкім Äkim ) of Kentau since 1992:

Wassili Ljan (1991–1998) Maqsut Ordabaev (1998–1999) Bolat Schylqyschijew (1999-2001) Begimsche Schüsenow (2001-2003) Älischer Pirmetow (2003-2005) Sharylqassyn Turabaev (2005-2008)

Köktembek Tabyldijew (2008-2010) Nurschigit Qalmyrsajew (2010–2012) Baqytbek Baissalow (2012-2014) Äbdibaqyt Maqulbajew (2014-2019) Ghani Rysbekow (2019) Däur Machaschanow (since 2019)

economy

Metal ores are still mined in the vicinity of Kentau today . The most important employer in the city is the Kentauer Transformatorenwerk (Кентауский трансформаторный завод), a transformer manufacturer. Around 1000 people are employed there, and the company is also one of the largest manufacturers of transformers in Central Asia.

sons and daughters of the town

• Linda (* 1977), Russian pop singer
• Raschid Ajupow (* 1981), politician

See also

• List of cities in Kazakhstan

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Web links

Commons : Kentau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city of Kentau (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. ↑ Кентау. tochka-na-karte.ru, accessed on April 11, 2020 (Russian).
3. ↑ Хроника событий. , accessed April 11, 2020 (in Russian).
4. ↑ Хроника событий. , accessed April 11, 2020 (in Russian).
5. ↑ Залежи рассыпного золота в Кентау. Yuzhny Kazakhstan, accessed April 11, 2020 (in Russian).
6. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.