Qaskeleng

This article covers the city in Kazakhstan. For the river of the same name, see Qaskeleng (river) .

Qaskeleng Қаскелең ( kas. ) | Каскелен ( Russian )
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Almaty
Audany:	Qarassai
Founded :	1860
Coordinates :	43 ° 12 '  N , 76 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 12 '1 "  N , 76 ° 37' 20"  E
Height :	805  m
Residents :	62,997 (Jan 1, 2020)
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72771
Postal code :	040900-040904
License plate :	05 (old: B, V)
Community type:	city
Äkim ( Mayor ) :	Asqar Muqashev
Location in Kazakhstan

Qaskeleng ( Kazakh Қаскелең Qaskeleñ ; Russian Каскелен Kaskelen ) is a city in the Almaty region in southeast Kazakhstan .

geography

Qaskeleng lies on the northern flank of the Transili-Alatau . The Qaskeleng River of the same name flows through the city in a northerly direction. Qaskeleng has 62,997 inhabitants (as of 2020) and is the administrative seat of the Qarassai district . It has had city rights since 1963. Qaskeleng is located 20 km west of the former capital Almaty . The A2 trunk road leads north past Qaskeleng from Almaty to Qordai .

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Qaskeleng Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −3.2 −1.8 5.3 14.7 21st 25.2 28.3 27.6 22.8 14.3 5.2 −0.5 O 13.3 Min. Temperature (° C) −12.6 −11.5 −4.1 4.1 10 14th 16 14.5 9.3 2.7 −4.2 −8.9 O 2.5 Temperature (° C) −7.9 −6.7 0.6 9.4 15.4 19.6 22.1 21st 16 8.5 0.5 −4.7 O 7.9 Precipitation ( mm ) 25th 23 47 80 81 53 31 26th 22nd 42 38 26th Σ 494 Source: de.climate-data.org

history

After the establishment of the Vernoye fortress , the local authorities decided to found several Cossack villages around Vernoye in order to strengthen the eastern borders of the Russian Empire . Initially, this outpost, established in 1857, housed 40 Cossacks, and in 1859 another 143 families settled here. In 1860, today's place was founded as stanzija Ljubawinskaja (станция Любавинская). In 1900 the Archangel Michael Church was built. In 1902 the village was renamed Stanzija Kaskelenskaja (станция Каскеленская).

On May 8, 1887, a strong earthquake struck, in which over 200 buildings in the village were destroyed. From 1918 the place hießt Troizkoje (Троицкое), since 1929 it got its present name.

In 1963 Qaskeleng was granted city rights.

population

Qaskeleng now has around 63,000 inhabitants, making it the largest city in the Qarassai district. Today Kazakhs represent the largest population group among the inhabitants. Around 63 percent of the population are Kazakhs, another 14 percent are Russians and 11 percent of the population are Turks . Almost three percent of the people in Qaskeleng are Tatars . Although the majority of Germans left Kazakhstan in the 1990s, around 240 Germans still live in the city.

Population development
1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
13,897	23,851	26,850	30,870	37,221	58,418

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a motor vehicle trading post in Qasekeleng called Barys. It is the largest in area in Central Asia. Larger industrial companies are also settling in the city. These include the confectionery manufacturer Chamle and the RotoPak packaging factory.

Several expressways connect Qasekeleng with Almaty. The A2 , an important east-west route in the road and motorway network of Kazakhstan, runs north of the city . It continues eastwards directly to Almaty and westwards via Taras and Schymkent to Tashkent . From there, the M36 branches off in Qasekeleng, which bypasses the west of Almaty and finally leads via Qaraghandy to the capital Nur-Sultan . South of Qasekeleng, the A4 runs parallel to the A2 , a small part of which is currently only completed and which will later run through the mountains to the Kyrgyz border.

Qaskeleng is the seat of several colleges and one university. There are, among other things, two medical and two technical universities. The Süleyman Demirel University has been based in the city since 2011 ; previously it was located in neighboring Almaty. A new university campus has been built on the eastern edge of the city, where around 4,500 students are taught.

Sports

The city is home to the Sunkar Kaskelen football club .

sons and daughters of the town

• Oras Shandossow (1899–1938), Kazakh-Soviet politician
• Irene Luft (* 1977), German fashion designer
• Dimitrij Schaad (* 1985), German actor
• Alex Schaad (* 1990), German director and screenwriter

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. ↑ Из истории создания города Каскелена. , accessed on April 21, 2020 (Russian).
3. ↑ Город Каскелен. karasay.zhetisu.gov.kz, accessed April 21, 2020 (Russian).
4. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.