Shanghai

Shangatas Жаңатас ( kas. ) | Жанатас ( Russian )
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Shambyl
Audany:	Sarysu
Founded :	1964
Coordinates :	43 ° 34 '  N , 69 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 34 '0 "  N , 69 ° 45' 0"  E
Height :	528  m
Residents :	22,701 (Jan. 1, 2020)
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72634
Postal code :	080700-080703
License plate :	08 (old: H)
Community type:	city
Location in Kazakhstan

Shangatas ( Kazakh Жаңатас ; Russian Жанатас Schanatas ) is a small town in southern Kazakhstan and the administrative seat of Sarysu County in the Shambyl region .

history

The development of Shangatas is closely related to the mining of phosphorite in the Qaratau basin. With the start of dismantling, a workers' village was founded in 1964. The mining in the region was intensified over time, which also led to the growth of the workers' village. In 1969, the settlement was granted city rights and renamed Shangatas (Kazakh for New Stone). Within a few years, new residential buildings were built and the mining operations continued to grow. In 1989 there were already 53,000 people in the city.

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the economic changes in Kazakhstan resulted in the mining operations in Shanghai getting into great difficulties. In the early 1990s, the city's main mining operations closed. As a result, much of the population moved to other cities to find work. As a result, entire apartment blocks were abandoned and fell into disrepair over time; some of them were demolished over time. Hundreds of abandoned buildings in the city have been demolished in recent years. At the southern entrance to the town, the ninth micro-district was demolished.

population

22,701 people live in the city.

Population development
1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
11,480	30.097	53,401	25,927	20,731

economy

Phosphorite is mined in the vicinity of Shanghai . The Kazphosphate company operates a mining operation for the extraction and processing of phosphorite. The Russian company EuroChem has also been mining phosphorite in Shanghai since 2013 . EuroChem invested several hundred million US dollars in the construction of a plant for the production of mineral fertilizers and the development of the phosphate rock basin of Qaratau. A wind farm has been under construction nine kilometers south of the city since July 2019 . With a capacity of 100 MW, the largest wind farm in Central Asia is to be built here by mid-2020 .

traffic

A 177 km long branch of the Turkestan-Siberian Railway (Turksib) from Taras via Qaratau ends in the city's train station .

sons and daughters of the town

• Olga Kolb (* 1976), German actress

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. ↑ Маленькая родина: Жанатас - город будущего , accessed April 9, 2020 (Russian).
3. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.
4. ↑ EuroChem launches mining operations in Kazakhstan. EuroChem, accessed on April 9, 2020.
5. ↑ В Жамбылской области построят ветряную станцию ​​за $ 130 млн. kapital.kz, accessed April 9, 2020 (Russian).
6. ↑ Н.П.Лагутина, Т.Ю. Набокова, Т.П. Филатова: Атлас Железные Дороги . Omsk 2010, p. 85.