Enbekshikazakh District ( kk, Еңбекшіқазақ ауданы, ) is a

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Almaty Region Almaty Region ( kk, Алматы облысы, Almaty oblysy; russian: Алматинская область, Almatinskaya oblast) is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the ...

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. The administrative center of the district is the town of

Esik Esik ( kz, Есік (''Esık''), also spelled ''Issyk'', ''Yesik'' and ''Yesyk'') is a town in Almaty Region of Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Enbekshikazakh District. It is located on the Issyk River, at the foot of the Tian Shan, 53&nb ...

. Population:

Geography

The south, and east parts of district have mountainous landscape, while the northern parts consist of plains (

Ili valley The Ili ( ug, ئىلى دەرياسى, Ili deryasi, Ili dəryasi, 6=Или Дәряси; kk, Ile, ; russian: Или; zh, c=伊犁河, p=Yīlí Hé, dng, Йили хә, Xiao'erjing: اِلِ حْ; mn, Ил, literally "Bareness") is a river sit ...

). The highest point in the district, the Saz mountain, is covered with permanent snow. The terrain has a slope towards the

Kapchagay Reservoir Kapchagay Reservoir, also spelled Qapshaghay Bogeni Reservoir and sometimes referred to as Lake Kapchagay, is a major reservoir in Almaty Region in southeastern Kazakhstan, approximately 80 kilometres north of Almaty. The 140 kilometre long lake ...

.Енбекшиказахский район
// Kazakhstan. National Encyclopedia . — Almaty: Kazakh Encyclopedia, 2005. — Т. II. — ISBN 9965-9746-3-2. Having mild winters and hot summers, the district's climate is

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; in January, temperatures are between -6 and -10°С, and in July, temperatures are 20—24°С. Annual precipitation is 200—400 millimeters, increasing to 550—700 millimeters near the mountains. There are a lot of rivers in Enbekshikazakh District, including Issyk, Turgen, Kiikbay, Sholak, Shybykty, Belshabdar, Karaturyk, Lavarsaz, Asy and Chilik. The Konayev Canal (or Big Almaty Canal) passes through the district.

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are built on some of the rivers. In addition to the rivers, the district has lakes, including Issyk, Jasylkol and others. The non-mountainous part of the region is mostly semi-desert. Mountainous areas are affected by

altitudinal zonation Altitudinal zonation (or elevational zonation) in mountainous regions describes the natural layering of ecosystems that occurs at distinct elevations due to varying environmental conditions. Temperature, humidity, soil composition, and solar radi ...

; steppes first changing to forests, and then switching to

montane grasslands and shrublands Montane grasslands and shrublands is a biome defined by the World Wildlife Fund. The biome includes high elevation grasslands and shrublands around the world. The term "montane" in the name of the biome refers to "high elevation", rather than th ...

. The district has some

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s, including Almaty Conversation,

Issyk Kurgan The Issyk kurgan, in south-eastern Kazakhstan, less than 20 km east from the Talgar alluvial fan, near Issyk, is a burial mound discovered in 1969. It has a height of six meters and a circumference of sixty meters. It is dated to the 4th ...

, Shynturgen Refuge, and the

Ile-Alatau National Park Ile-Alatau National Park ( kk, Іле Алатауы ұлттық паркі, ''Ile Alatauy ülttyq parkı'' ; rus, Иле-Алатауский национальный парк, '' Ile Alatauskiy Natsional'nyy Park'') is a national park in Kazakh ...

which partially lies within the district boundaries.

History

The district was formed in 1928 as Syugatin District. Then, in 1929, it was renamed to Enbekshikazakh. First, the district's center was situated in Kara-Kemir. In 1932, it was moved to Esik city. In 1997, Chilik District's territory was added to Enbekshikazakh District.

Notable people

* Quddus Khojamyarov (1918–1994), composer

References

Districts of Kazakhstan Almaty Region {{Almaty-geo-stub