Zhetigen ( kk, Жетіген, ''Jetıgen'', جەتٸگەن; russian: Жетыген, ''Zhetygen'') is a small town in
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 ...
of
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 ...
. It is located some 50 km north of Almaty, on the
Turksib rail line.
Accident
The 600th Guards Air Base of the Kazakh Air Force is located at an airfield () near Zhetigen.
An airforce plane crashed near the town in 2008.
References
Populated places in Almaty Region
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