Schangaosen

Zhanaozen Жаңаөзен ( kas. ) | Жанаозен ( Russian )
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Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Mangghystau
Founded :	1968
Coordinates :	43 ° 18 '  N , 52 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 18 '0 "  N , 52 ° 48' 0"  E
Height :	171  m
Area :	51.5  km²
Residents :	81,157 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density :	1,576 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	WKST ( UTC + 5 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72934
Postal code :	130200-130203
License plate :	12 (old: R)
Äkim ( Mayor ) :	Aedilbek Dauylbayev
Website :	zhanaozen.gov.kz
Location in Kazakhstan

Zhanaozen ( Kazakh Жаңаөзен ; Russian Жанаозен Zhanaozen ) is a city in the region Mangghystau in western Kazakhstan with 81,157 inhabitants (2020).

Geographical location

Schangaösen is located on the large Mangyschlak peninsula in western Kazakhstan, 150 km from the provincial capital Aktau .

history

The city was founded in 1968 as Novy Usen (Новый Узень).

The city was the subject of reports in June 1989, when unemployment, which had risen sharply as a result of the economic crisis in the last years of the Soviet Union, triggered violent unrest. According to party officials, they started out as youth rioters who wanted to take control of public institutions, and they continued - as in some cities in Uzbekistan - with attacks against ethnic minorities. After several deaths, 700 Transcaucasians from Armenia , Azerbaijan and Georgia were evacuated from Novy Usen.

In 1992 the Kazakh form of the city name Shangaosen and its Russian transcription Shanaosen became official. They represent the translation of the earlier Russian name: shanga in Kazakh and nowy in Russian mean new ; usen , Kazakh osen is a Turkish word for river .

In the wake of strikes and protests by workers in the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan, there were violent clashes between demonstrators and the police on December 16, 2011, which culminated in the Shangaosen massacre . According to official information, 11 died, up to 70 people, according to the opposition, and around 90 other people were injured. In response, Kazakh President imposed Nursultan Nazarbaev the State of Emergency and a nighttime curfew on the city. Both were repealed on January 31, 2012.

politics

mayor

Below are the mayors of the city since 1992:

• Ibragim Murassow (1992-1994)
• Abylchan Maschani (1994-1999)
• Shalghas Babakhanov (1999-2009)
• Oraq Sarböpejew (2009–2012)
• Serikbai Turymow (2012-2015)
• Jelubai Äbilov (2015-2017)
• Ädilbek Dauylbajew (since 2017)

economy

The economy is dominated by oil and gas production companies .

traffic

The city is at the end of the turn off from beinu from the Maqat - Turkmenabat railway line (West Turkmen Magistrale). On May 11, 2013, the 146-kilometer cross-border railway line, as a continuation of this junction, from Schangaösen to the Turkmen town of Serhetyaka was opened after three and a half years of construction. It is mainly used for the transport of oil and grain and in the medium term should enable a connection via the Iranian Railway to the Persian Gulf via a 470 kilometer continuation to the Iranian border (where a lane change is required) .

Personalities

• Beksad Schalgasbajewitsch Nurdauletow (* 1998), boxer

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. ↑ USSR. National unrest in Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan in Keesing's Archive of the Present , June 17, 1989
3. ↑ Campaign Kazakhstan: Up to 70 peaceful protesters and supporters of striking oil workers killed. , accessed December 17, 2011.
4. ^ Deutsche Welle: Kazakhstan: State of emergency imposed on the oil city of Shanaosen ( memento from January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), from December 17, 2011.
5. ↑ state of emergency in the city strike ended. In: the daily newspaper, 1 February 2012, p. 10