Kurshim, also Kurchum or Kurchim ( kz, Күршім, ''Kürşım'') is a
selo and administrative center of
Kurshim District of
East Kazakhstan Region,
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 ...
. Population:
The
Kurchum River flows past the town and
Lake Zaysan
Lake Zaysan (, ''Zaısan kóli'', زايسان كؤلئ, ; , ''Zaisan nuur'', en: ''Noble lake''; , ''Ozero Zajsan''; , Xiao'erjing: جَىْصْا پْ; dng, Җэсонпә) is a freshwater lake, ca. 1,810 km² (700 mi²), in eastern Ka ...
lies to the south.
The town lies on the road between the villages of
Altyn Kala to the north-west and
Surulen to the east; this road connects with the
M38 road in the southeast which leads to
Jeminay
Jeminay County or Jimunai County, is a county situated in the north of the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Altay Prefecture.
A road border crossing into Kazakhstan is located in Jeminay town. The ...
across the Chinese border in
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
. The town is served by a small airport,
Kurchum Airport, and
Antonov An-2 biplanes fly in and out of the airport.
In late 1989 or early 1990 the town was affected by an earthquake which destroyed the Kurchum Hospital,
amongst other buildings. The landscape around the town is dominated by estuarine plains.
References
Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region
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