Tarbagatay ( kk, Тарбағатай ауданы, ) is a
district
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of the
East Kazakhstan and
Abai
Abai or ABAI may refer to:
People
* Abai (martyr) (died 363), saint of the Syrian Church
* Abai Ikwechegh (born 1923), Nigerian jurist
* Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845-1904), Kazakh poet and philosopher
* Abai Tasbolatov (born 1951), Kazakh politicia ...
regions in eastern
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 ...
. The
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the district is the
selo of
Aksuat. Population:
Climate
Very continental. Winter is cold (in January average temperature −22 °С, −30 °С) and summer is hot (in July average temperature +25 °С, +35 °С). Very poor precipitation (200–300 mm/year) mostly in winter season
Toponym
The name Tarbagatay derives from Mongolian (
Tarbagan marmot
The tarbagan marmot (''Marmota sibirica'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China (Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang), northern and western Mongolia, and Russia (southwest Siberia, Tuva, Transbaikalia). In the Mongol ...
) as marmot mountains. (Technically, ''tarbagatay'' means "with marmots" or "having marmots" in Mongolian, but ''tagh'' ~ ''taw'' ~ ''tay'' may be misinterpreted as meaning "mountain" by speakers of
Turkic languages
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, such as the Kazakh language.)
Administrative-territorial system
17 rural districts, 65 villages.
Demographics
''Ethnic groups (2009)'':
*
Kazakh 98.7%
*
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
1.1%
*
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different 0.1%
*
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
0.1%
*Others : 0.1%
Economy
Agrocultural (meat, fish, flour, bread)
GDP 503 900 000
tenge ~ $3 427 900 (2008)
Sights
*Borytastagan
*Syn-tas
*Atyn oba
*Alty oba
References
External links
Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languagesAkim of Tarbagatay District HB Paksoy, "Z.V. Togan: The Origins of the Kazaks and the Ozbeks," Central Asian Survey 11 (3), 1992
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