Burabay ( kk, Бурабай), formerly ''Borovoye'', is a settlement in
Burabay District
Burabay District ( kk, Бурабай ауданы, ; russian: Бурабайский район) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Shchuchinsk. Population:
Prior to S ...
,
Akmola Region
Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is en ...
,
Kazakhstan
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. It is the administrative center of the Burabay rural district (KATO code - 117035100). Population:
Burabay is a
spa town
A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits.
Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. H ...
. The surrounding area is part of the
Burabay National Park
The Burabay National Park (, ) is a natural park located in Burabay District, in Aqmola Region, Kazakhstan, near Nur-Sultan.
The park was selected as one of the top 10 tourist destinations in Kazakhstan.
The park is under the direct jurisdiction ...
.
Geography
Burabay lies in the
Kokshetau Massif
The Kokshetau Massif or Kokshetau Mountains ( kk, Көкшетау тауы) is a mountain massif in the Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.''Nature of Kazakhstan: Encyclopedia'' / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T. ...
, part of the
Kokshetau Hills
The Kokshetau Hills ( kk, Көкшетау қыраты; russian: Кокшетауская возвышенность) is a system of mountains of moderate altitude in the North Kazakhstan Region and Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.[Kazakh Uplands
The Kazakh Uplands ( kk, Сарыарқа, ''Saryarqa'' - "Yellow Ridge", russian: Казахский мелкосопочник, Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik), also known as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation extending throughout th ...]
. The town is located in the strip of land between lakes
Burabay and
Ulken Shabakty.
Google Earth
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.
See also
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Kokshetau Lakes
References
External links
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Burabay National Park(in Russian)
Populated places in Akmola Region
Spa towns
Kazakh Uplands
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