Shemonaikha ( kk, Шемонаиха ауданы, ) is a district of

East Kazakhstan Region East Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, translit=Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Восточно-Казахстанская область, Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupi ...

in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of

Shemonaikha Shemonaikha ( kz, Шемонаиха, ''Şemonaiha''; russian: Шемонаиха) is a town in Shemonaikha District in East Kazakhstan Region of eastern Kazakhstan. It is located on the banks of the Uba River, a right tributary of the Irtysh Riv ...

. Population:

Geography

Located in the north of

. It borders in the east with Glubokovsky, in the west - with Borodulikha, in the south - with Ulansky districts of East Kazakhstan region, in the north - with

Altai Territory Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kem ...

Russian Federation.

History

Shemonaikha district was formed on January 17, 1928 from Shemonaevskaya, parts of Kalininskaya, Ubinskaya volosts Semipalatinsk district and part of Krasnooktyabrskaya volost Ust-Kamenogorsk district with the center in the village of Shemonaikha. On June 11, 1959, the Arable Council, Verkhubinsky, Vydrikinsky and Bolsherechensky village councils of the abolished Verkh-Ubinsky district were attached to the Shemonaikha district.Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР. № 24 (956), 1959 г.

References

Districts of Kazakhstan East Kazakhstan Region {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub