Arys ( kk, Арыс, ''Arys'', ارىس ; russian: Арыс, earlier Арысь ''Aryś''), is a town in
Turkistan Region
Turkistan Region (), formerly South Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit= Oñtüstık Qazaqstan oblysy) (russian: Южно-Казахстанская область, ') from 1992–2018 and Chimkent ...
of
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, Uzbeki ...
. Population:
Arys is the junction of two important rail lines:
Trans-Aral Railway
The broad gauge Trans-Aral Railway (also known as the Tashkent Railway) was built in 1906 connecting Kinel and Tashkent, then both in the Russian Empire. For the first part of the 20th century it was the only railway connection between European R ...
(Orenburg-Arys-Tashkent) and
Turkestan-Siberia Railway (Arys-
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
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Barnaul
Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As ...
). The Arys station was built ca. 1904 as a station on the Trans-Aral line;
[ a number of buildings and structures dating to 1902–1905 are preserved in the city.][Profile of the city's industries and economy (Индустриально-экономический профиль)]
In 1932 Arys was granted the status of a work settlement, and in 1956, that of a city.[City of Arys, General information]
The economy of Arys is centered on agriculture (grain, cotton, livestock). There are some industries as well, mostly having to do with the city's railroad origin: a railroad tie
A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer ...
factory, an electric locomotive repair plant, and another one for the repair of railroad cargo cars.[
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References
Populated places in Turkistan Region
Populated places established in 1902
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