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Sayaq
Sayaq is a town in Karaganda Region in eastern Kazakhstan. Transport It is the terminus of a branch of the national railway system. See also * Railway stations in Kazakhstan Railway stations in Kazakhstan include: Maps UN Mapreliefweb map Towns (Stations should be in line order) Existing * Ganyushkino - near Russian border * Atyrau * Beyneu * Aqtau - port on Caspian Sea * Aqtober - near Russian border * Embi ... References Populated places in Karaganda Region {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region ( kk, Qarağandy oblysy; russian: Карагандинская область, translit=Karagandinskaja oblast′), also spelled Qaraghandy Region, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda. On 17 March 2022 it was announced that Karaganda would be divided, with the formation of the Ulytau Region. This officially came into force on 8 June 2022. History The region was the site of intense coal mining during the days of the Soviet Union and also the site of several Gulag forced labor camps. Following World War II, Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, had many ethnic Germans deported to the area. There have been constant border changes within the region's history. The first took place in 1954 when it was ceded parts of Kustanay Oblast and parts of Taldy-Kurgan Oblast. In 1973, Dzhezkazgan Oblast was split off from Karaganda Oblast making it a fraction of the size it once was. In 1986, Karaganda Oblast was given the southern part of Tselinograd Obl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, known as Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the largest and northernmost Muslim-majority country by land area, and the ninth-largest country in the world. It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per square mile). The country dominates Central Asia economically and politically, generating 60 percent of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry; it also has vast mineral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Kazakhstan
Railway stations in Kazakhstan include: Maps UN Mapreliefweb map Towns (Stations should be in line order) Existing * Ganyushkino - near Russian border * Atyrau * Beyneu * Aqtau - port on Caspian Sea * Aqtober - near Russian border * Embi * Shalqar * Baikonur - spaceport * Qyzylorda * Tashkent, Uzbekistan * Shymkent * Zhambyl * Dostyk-Alashankou on China border; break-of-gauge * Kokshetau - Kokshetau-1 railway station, Kokshetau-2 railway station * Almaty - Almaty-1 railway station, Almaty-2 railway station * Shu - junction * Beskol * Saryshagan * Balqash * Sayak * Qaraghandy * Nur-Sultan - Astana railway station * Aktogay - Aktogay railway station ---- * (Second through route opened 2012) * Zhetigen, Kazakhstan * Altynkol railway station * gauge * Korgas Transfer Hub on border with China; break-of-gauge * gauge * Jinghe, China - junction Under construction * Uzen * Gyzylgaya, Turkmenistan * Bereket * Etrek * Gorgan, Iran ---- * proposed standard gauge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |