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
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
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 m ...
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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