Embi ( kz, Ембі, ''Embı'') is a
town in
Mugalzhar District in
Aktobe Region of western
Kazakhstan. The town is on the left bank of the
Emba River. Population:
History
Embi (or Emba) was founded in the 1900s, when the railroad connecting
Orenburg
Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...
and
Tashkent was built. At the time, it was a part of
Turgay Oblast. After a number of administrative transformations, in 1936 Embi ended up in
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Embi was a part of
Aktobe Region. In 1937, it was granted status of urban-type settlement. By 1958, it belonged to Zhoryn District, which was eventually abolished and merged into Oktyabrsky District (which was later renamed Mugalzhar District). In 1967, Embi was granted town status.
The former military installation to the south of Embi known as "Embi-5" was renamed
Zhem
Zhem, Kazakhstan, ( kk, Жем, ''Jem'') is a town in Aktobe Region of Kazakhstan. Population:
Zhem, lying a short distance to the south of Embi
Embi ( kz, Ембі, ''Embı'') is a town in Mugalzhar District in Aktobe Region of western Kazakh ...
and was granted town status.
During the
2022 Kazakh protests
The 2022 Kazakh unrest, also known as Bloody January () or the January tragedy (), was a series of mass protests that began in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in liquefied gas prices following the lifting of a governm ...
, protesters in Embi demanded removal of the mayor. On 13 March 2022, Embi held a free and fair election, in which independent Raiymbek Musaghali was elected among three candidates with 81% of votes. Musaghali was 39 years old and worked as a school director.
Economy
Industry
Embi is mostly serving the railway station, there is also food industry present.
Transportation
Embi is a railway station on the
Trans-Aral Railway, which connects
Orenburg
Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...
and
Tashkent. It is also connected to
Kandyagash by a road. The same road continues east of Embi to provide access to the
E38 highway between
Aktobe and
Shymkent.
References
{{Aktobe Region
Populated places in Aktobe Region