Kyzylzhar ( kk, Қызылжар ауданы, ) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

North Kazakhstan Region North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a Regions of Kazak ...

in northern

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 ...

. The administrative center of the district is

Beskol Beskol ( kk, Бескөл, ''Besköl'') is a village in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. Beskol, which means Five Lakes in Kazakh, has a roughly 50% Russian, 50% Kazakh mix. The primary employer is the railway station, which is impor ...

. Population:

Geography

The district capital Beskol is located to the south of

Petropavl Petropavl ( kk, Петропавл, Petropavl ) or Petropavlovsk () is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Region. Population: 218,956. The city is also kno ...

, the regional capital. The A1 highway passes through Kyzylzhar District. Lakes Akush, Siverga and Shelegino lie at the

Kazakhstan–Russia border The Kazakhstan–Russia border (russian: Казахстанско-российская граница, kk, Қазақстан-Ресей шекарасы) is the international border between the Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russia ...

in the northern limit of the district.

References

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