Taldykorgan
45°01′N 78°22′E / 45.017°N 78.367°E
Taldykorgan
Талдықорған | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Province | Almaty Province |
| Founded | 19th century |
| Government | |
| • Akim (mayor) | Yermek Alpysov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 100 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 118,400 |
| • Density | 1,184/km2 (3,070/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| Postal code | 040001 - 040012 |
| Area code | +7 72822 |
| Website | http://www.taldyk.central.kz |
Taldykorgan (Kazakh: Талдықорған / Taldıqorğan / تالدىقورعان), formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan ([Талды-Курган] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), until 1993), is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. It has a population of 143,407 (2010). Most of the people are Kazakhs.
Education
Taldykorgan has a diverse educational system, including a university, institutes, institutions, technical training colleges, secondary schools and kindergartens. There are 27 public health facilities, a theater, amusement parks, libraries, a city cinema, stadium, sports complex and swimming pools.[1]
Demographics
The ethnic composition of Taldykorgan according to a 2010 census was thus:[2][3]
- Kazakhs - 93,156 people (64.96%)
- Russians - 36,532 people (25.47%)
- Koreans - 5,172 people (3.61%)
- Tatars - 2,783 people (1.94%)
- Germans - 1,581 people (1.10%)
- Ukrainians - 1,071 people (0.75%)
- Uyghurs - 962 people (0.67%)
- Chechens - 354 people (0.25%)
- Uzbeks - 302 people (0.21%)
- Belarusians - 177 people (0.12%)
- Azerbaijanis - 130 people (0.09%)
- Poles - 123 people (0.09%)
- Kyrgyz - 102 people (0.07%)
- Other - 962 people (0.67%)
Transport
Taldykorgan has an airport that services a number Kazakh and Russian cities, while its train station services Central Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Russia, Baltic States and the People's Republic of China.
Sport
The city has a football club, FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan.[4][5]
Notable residents
 | This article's list of residents may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (June 2012) |
- Andrei Kivilev (1973 - 2003) - professional bicycle racer.
- Sergey Vodopyanov (born 1987) - Russian amateur boxer, winner gold in bantamweight Class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
- Alibek Buleshev(born 1981) - Kazakhstanian football forward.
- Gottlieb Wladimir (born 1942) - Ph.D, Associate Professor in Lviv Institute of Physical Education (Ukraine), Master of sport (swimming). Now he lives in Germany.
- Mirat Sarsembayev (born 1986) - amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
- Victor Sydorenko (born 1953) - painter, curator, teacher, an author of objects and photocompositions and also scientific and publicistic texts, member and the vice-president of Ukrainian Academy of Arts.
- Marian Handwerker (born 1944) film director born in Taldykurgan
Sister city
References
- ^ http://www.advantour.com/kazakhstan/almaty/taldykorgan.htm retrieved 2007-07-27
- ^ Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям, городам и районам, полу и отдельным возрастным группам, отдельным этносам на начало 2010 года
- ^ Национальный состав населения Казахстана по переписи 2009
- ^ http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/countries/kz/121815.html retrieved 2007-07-27
- ^ http://www.soccerway.com/match/super-league/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/fc-irtysh-pavlodar/450289/ retrieved2007-07-27
Further reading
- Bozdaqtar. Taldyqorghan oblysy, 1995, ISBN 5-89800-067-4