Taldykorgan ( kk, Талдықорған/Taldyqorğan; russian: Талдыкорган), known as ''Taldy-Kurgan'' until 1993, is the capital (called an administrative center) of Zhetysu Region,

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. According to the 2010 Kazakh Census Results, the population is 143,407. The town was founded in the 19th century as the village of Gavrilovka and developed into the present city on the same site. The town grew slowly in its early years. After the completion of the railway connection many Russian farmers moved to the area of the town. Russians are the second-largest ethnic group after the Kazakhs among the 70 nationalities living in Taldykorgan. A total of 143,000 people live in the city. Taldykorgan previously served as the capital city of Taldykorgan Region from 1944 to 1997 and

Almaty Region Almaty Region ( kk, Алматы облысы, Almaty oblysy; russian: Алматинская область, Almatinskaya oblast) is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the ...

from 1997 to 2022 and now serves as the capital of the new

Jetisu Region Jetisu Region (; ), sometimes spelled Zhetysu Region, is a region of Kazakhstan. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 16 March 2022 that the region would be created. The area split off from Almaty Region when Tokayev's decree came ...

. The change was announced by

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Tokayev on 16 March 2022 and officially came into force on 8 June 2022. In that same decree, the capital of Almaty Region was moved to the city of Konaev.

Facilities

Taldykorgan has a diverse range of educational facilities, including a university, institutes, institutions, technical training colleges, secondary schools and kindergartens. There are 27 public health facilities, a city cinema, a theatre, libraries, amusement parks, a stadium and sports complex and swimming pools. Some facilities have been poorly maintained since the end of the Soviet era.

Demographics

The ethnic composition of Taldykorgan according to the 2010 Kazakh Census was:Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям, городам и районам, полу и отдельным возрастным группам, отдельным этносам на начало 2010 года

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Climate

According to the

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system, Taldıqorğan has a hot, dry-summer continental climate. There is more rainfall in spring and autumn while winter and summer have mostly dry weather. The average annual temperature in Taldıqorğan is . About of precipitation falls annually.

Transport

Taldykorgan Airport services

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. Its train station services Central Kazakhstan,

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Sport

The city has a football club,

FC Zhetysu Jetisu Taldykorgan ( kk, Жетісу Талдықорған футбол клубы, ''Jetisý Taldyqorǵan Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. They are founding members of the K ...

Taldykorgan.

Notable residents

* Andrei Kivilev (1973 - 2003) - professional bicycle racer. * Sergey Vodopyanov (born 1987) - Russian amateur boxer, winner gold in bantamweight Class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. * Alibek Buleshev (born 1981) - Kazakh football forward. * Mirat Sarsembayev (born 1986) - amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. *

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(born 1953) - painter, curator, teacher, an author of objects and photocompositions and also scientific and publicistic texts, member and the vice-president of Ukrainian Academy of Arts. * Marian Handwerker (born 1944) film director born in Taldykorgan

Sister cities

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References

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