Satbayev ( kz, Сәтбаев, ساتباەۆ, translit=Sätbaev), until 1990 Nikolsk, is a city 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 ...

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 ...

. The city is named after Kanysh Satbayev, one of the founders of Soviet

metallogeny Metallogeny is the study of the genesis and regional-to-global distribution of mineral deposits, with emphasis on their relationship in space and time to regional petrologic and tectonic features of the Earth's crust. The term metallogeny (métallo ...

, principal advocate and the first president of

Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences (official name National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan) is the highest scientific organization of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Academy of Sciences was founded on 1 June 1946 on the basis of the ...

. As of 2019, the city has population of 69,782.Численность населения Республики Казахстан по отдельным этносам на начало 2019 года
Комитет по статистике Министерства национальной экономики Республики Казахстан.

History

The place was originally established in 1954 for miners from

Jezkazgan Jezkazgan, or Zhezkazgan ( kk, Жезқазған, translit=Jezqazğan ), formerly known as Dzhezkazgan (russian: Джезказган) until 1992, is a city and the administrative centre of Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan, on a reservoir of the Kara ...

. Later, in 1956, it was renamed to Nikolsk. In 1973, Nikolsk received town status. The city got its status by huge exploration work initiated by Kanysh Imantayevich Satpayev, it was given the name Satpayev after him on September 13, 1990. Satbayev is the center of the mining industry.

Transportation

Passenger-train service is provided on the train line between

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

and

Zhezkazgan Jezkazgan, or Zhezkazgan ( kk, Жезқазған, translit=Jezqazğan ), formerly known as Dzhezkazgan (russian: Джезказган) until 1992, is a city and the administrative centre of Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan, on a reservoir of the Kara ...

, a city some twenty kilometers away. Air traffic is served by the nearby

Zhezkazgan Airport Zhezkazgan Airport ( kk, Жезқазған Әуежайы / ; IATA: DZN, ICAO: UAKD) is an international airport, serving the city of Zhezkazgan in Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan. At the moment, it has one asphalt and concrete runway, and other ...

References

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