Aktogay ( kz, Ақтоғай, ', اقتوعاي ) is a town in

Ayagoz District Ayagoz ( kk, Аякөз ауданы, ; اياكٶز اۋدانى) is a district of Abai Region in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Ayagoz Ayagoz or Ayakoz ( kk, Аягөз, ''Aiagöz''), formerly Se ...

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 ...

of Kazakhstan and major railway hub of Turkestan-Siberian Railway. Aktogay is located in Balkhash-Alakol lowlands, close to Balkhash lake. The Ayagoz river’s mouth is located nearby Aktogay. The climate is continental. Summer is hot +40°, winter is cold -40°. The distance to district center Ayagoz is 100 km, to the region center Ust-Kamenogorsk is 420 km, to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan is 1250 km. The major copper deposit is discovered close to Aktogay town. This is the fourth reserves of copper in the world.

Aktogay Mine Aktogay Mine is a copper mine under production in the Karaganda Region ( kk, Qaraǵandy oblysy, ''Қарағанды облысы'') of Kazakhstan. It is an "open-pit" type quarry currently under development. It will contain an open pit, as well a ...

and copper extraction plant was completed there and the copper cathodes production started in 2011. The capital cost account $1.5-2 billion and the production capacity is 100.000 tones per annum. The city is about 30 km from Lake Balkhash.

Transport

Aktogay lies on the main line of

Turkestan–Siberia Railway The Turkestan–Siberian Railway (commonly abbreviated as the ''Turk–Sib'', kk, Түрксіб, translit=Türksib, , ; russian: Турксиб, translit=Turksib) is a broad gauge railway that connects Central Asia with Siberia. It starts nort ...

. As a result of the Soviet–Chinese accords of 1956, the railway to Dostyk (in Alataw Pass) was built in 1959, but by that time relations between two countries had soured and Chinese Lanxin railway was not extended to Kazakhstan border in the following thirty years. In 1985 Aktogay was linked with

Sayaq Sayaq is a town in Karaganda Region in eastern Kazakhstan. Transport It is the terminus of a branch of the national railway system. See also * Railway stations in Kazakhstan Railway stations in Kazakhstan include: Maps UN Mapreliefweb ma ...

station, so a railway connection to Central Kazakhstan become available. After connection with China at the Alataw Pass in 1990, a railway bridge Ürümqi—Dostyk—Aktogay—Sayak— Balqash— Moyynty was created. In 2012, a new line was opened between

Zhetigen Zhetigen ( kk, Жетіген, ''Jetıgen'', جەتٸگەن; russian: Жетыген, ''Zhetygen'') is a small town in Almaty Region of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mai ...

, via a break-of-gauge trans-shipment hub at

Korgas Khorgas, officially known as KorgasThe official spelling according to , (Beijing, ''SinoMaps Press'' 1997); ( zh, s=霍尔果斯, t=霍爾果斯, p=Huò'ěrguǒsī; kk, قورعاس, Qorǵas), also known as ''Chorgos'', ''Gorgos'', ''Horgos' ...

, to a junction in China at Jinghe.

Climate

References

{{reflist Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region Railway stations in East Kazakhstan Region