Saryshaghan ( kk, Сарышаған, ''Saryşağan'') is a town in
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 ...
located on the coast of
Lake Balkhash
Lake Balkhash ( kk, Балқаш көлі, ''Balqaş kóli'', ; russian: озеро Балхаш, ozero Balkhash) is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. It is located in the ea ...
at Latitude (DMS): 46° 7' 9 N Longitude (DMS): 73° 37' 9 E in
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region ( kk, Qarağandy oblysy; russian: Карагандинская область, translit=Karagandinskaja oblast′), also spelled Qaraghandy Region, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda.
On 17 March 2022 it was an ...
. Its population is estimated at 11,000 inhabitants.
Sary Shagan
Sary Shagan ( rus, Сары-Шаган; kz, Сарышаған) is an anti-ballistic missile testing range located in Kazakhstan.
On 17 August 1956 the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union authorized plans for an experimental facility for ...
is a site of the major antiballistic missile defense test range in the Soviet Union.
The first nonnuclear intercept of a ballistic missile warhead by a missile was accomplished there on 4 March 1961.
References
Populated places in Karaganda Region
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