Qordai

Qordai Қордай ( kas. ) | Кордай ( Russian )
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Shambyl
Audany:	Qordai
Founded :	1893
Coordinates :	43 ° 2 '  N , 74 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '13 "  N , 74 ° 42' 41"  E
Height :	631  m
Residents :	25,847 (Jan 1, 2020)
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72636
Postal code :	080400-080404
License plate :	08 (old: H)
Location in Kazakhstan

Qordai House of Culture

Qordai ( Kazakh Қордай ; Russian Кордай Kordai ; until 1995 Георгиевка Georgijewka ) is a settlement in the Shambyl region in southern Kazakhstan with 25,847 inhabitants (2020).

geography

Kazakh border clearance in Qordai

Qordai is located on the Kazakh- Kyrgyz border , which is formed here by the approximately 40 m wide Shu river . The place is about 630  m above sea level on the right bank of the Schu, which in this section already has a valley depression over 30 km wide. The Kyrgyz capital Bishkek is located about 20 km southwest of Qordai . To the north-east of the village rise the mountains of the Schetichol mountain range, which are almost 1500  m high and further east they reach 2500  m and represent the northwestern foothills of the Transili-Alatau .

The place is the administrative center of the administrative district of the same name .

history

Because of poor harvests, massive numbers of Russian migrants moved south to what is now Kazakhstan in 1892. In 1893 these emigrants founded two villages in the Pischpek district . One of these villages was today's Qordai, which at that time was called Georgievka ( Георгиевка ). The residents mainly practiced agriculture, the river Schu was used for irrigation. The place continued to grow and by 1905 already had 606 inhabitants. A church was built which also housed a school.

population

Population development
1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
17,287	18,873	24,043	24,854	27,443

Economy and Infrastructure

In Qordai, the M39 trunk road , which connects the Kazakh capital Almaty with the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, crosses the border. The M39 is crossed in Qordai by the A359 , which runs from Merki along the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border to opposite the Kyrgyz city of Tokmok .

Personalities

• Vladimir Sukharev (1924–1997), Soviet athlete
• Muchtarbai Ötelbajew (* 1942), mathematician
• Svetlana Golendowa (* 1993), sprinter

Web links

Commons : Qordai  - 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. ↑ Оазис на болоте. , accessed April 11, 2020 (in Russian).