Shalqar

Schalqar Шалқар ( kas. ) | Шалкар ( Russian )
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Aqtobe
Audany:	Shalqar
Coordinates :	47 ° 50 '  N , 59 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '0 "  N , 59 ° 36' 0"  E
Height :	171  m
Residents :	27,933 (Jan 1, 2020)
Time zone :	WKST ( UTC + 5 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 71335
Postal code :	031200
License plate :	04 (old: D)
Community type:	city
Location in Kazakhstan

Schalqar ( Kazakh Шалқар ; Russian Шалкар Schalkar ) is a city in western Kazakhstan .

Geographical location

Schalqar is located in the Aqtöbe area .

history

As early as 1870 there was a small settlement on the site of the present-day town, which was connected to Yrghys by a road . With the construction of the Trans-Aral Railway from Orenburg to Tashkent at the beginning of the 20th century, the place gained increasing importance. A train station was opened in Tschelkar, where steam locomotives and wagons were repaired and supplied with coal and water. Between 1905 and 1907, a station building, a locomotive depot, a hospital and a two-year school were built.

The place was granted city rights in 1928 and was called Tschelkar (Челкар) during the Soviet Union .

population

According to the current calculation (2020) the city has 27,933 inhabitants.

Population development
1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
17,236	19,377	22,150	28,899	26,329	26,574

traffic

railroad

Schalqar train station is on the Trans-Aral Railway . On August 22, 2014 Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the 496 km long section from Schalqar - beinu (496 km), which represents a shortening of the transport of goods from the People's Republic of China to the ports on the Caspian Sea ( Aktau ) or via Russia to Europe .

highway

The A26 trunk road runs through the city .

See also

• List of cities in Kazakhstan

Web links

Commons : Schalqar  - 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. ↑ С визитом к царю из Шалкарской пустыни , accessed August 5, 2019 (Russian).
3. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.