Aksu District (, ) is a
district
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of
Jetisu Region
Jetisu Region (, ; ), formerly spelled Zhetysu Region, is one of the Regions of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is Taldykorgan. Total area of the region is 118,500 km².
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly ...
in
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of
Zhansugirov
Zhansugirov (, romanized: ''Jansügırov'') is a village in Aksu District, Jetisu Region, Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center
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.
The population of the district according to the 2013 estimate is 40,242. Asku District has 3 villages, 54 settlements, and 15 rural districts, held within a size of 4864.9 mi² (12 600 km²).
Part of the district borders
Lake Balkhash
Lake Balkhash, also spelt Lake Balqash (, , ), is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. It is located in the eastern part of Central Asia and sits in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, ...
, and partly occupies
Lake Alakol
Alakol Lake (, , from Turkic "motley lake") is a lake located in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, part of the Abai Region, Abai and Jetisu Region, Jetisu regions, in east-central Kazakhstan. Its elevation is above sea level.
The lake is the northwe ...
, and the Zhetysu Alatau.
References
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Districts of Kazakhstan
Jetisu Region