Kalachi (, ''Kalachi''), previously Kalachevskiy,
is a rural locality in
Esil District of
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 ...
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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 ...
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In 2014, it was reported that almost a fifth of the population had been affected with a '
sleep syndrome'.
In January 2015, reports said that over half of the village's population planned to move elsewhere.
It was later determined that increased carbon monoxide levels from a nearby abandoned mine had caused oxygen levels in the town to fall.
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Populated places in Akmola Region
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