Arys (, ''Arys'', ارىس ; , earlier Арысь ''Aryś''), is a town in
Turkistan Region of
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 ...
. Population:
Arys is the junction of two important rail lines:
Trans-Aral Railway
The Trans-Aral Railway, also known as the Tashkent Railway, is a railway built in 1906 to connect Kinel and Tashkent, both then within the Russian Empire. For much of the early 20th century, it was the only railway link between European Russia a ...
(Orenburg-Arys-Tashkent) and
Turkestan-Siberia Railway (Arys-
Almaty
Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...
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Barnaul
Barnaul (, ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob (river), Ob rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As of the Russian Censu ...
). The Arys station was built ca. 1904 as a station on the Trans-Aral line;
[ a number of buildings and structures dating to 1902–1905 are preserved in the city.][Profile of the city's industries and economy (Индустриально-экономический профиль)]
In 1932 Arys was granted the status of a work settlement, and in 1956, that of a city.[City of Arys, General information]
The economy of Arys is centered on agriculture (grain, cotton, livestock). There are some industries as well, mostly having to do with the city's railroad origin: a railroad tie
A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper ( Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties trans ...
factory, an electric locomotive repair plant, and another one for the repair of railroad cargo cars.[
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Climate
References
Populated places in Turkistan Region
Populated places established in 1902
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