Tarbagatay District
Tarbagatay
Тарбағатай | |
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District | |
 Flag | |
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| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Region | East Kazakhstan Region and Abai Region |
| Administrative center | Aksuat |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Government | |
| • Akim | Smailov Askhat Saidakhmetovich[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,200 sq mi (23,700 km2) |
| Population (2013)[2] | |
• Total | 44,147 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (East) |
Tarbagatay (Template:Lang-kk, Tarbağatai audany) is a district of the East Kazakhstan and Abai regions in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Aksuat. Population: 44,147 (2013 estimate);[2] 47,125 (2009 Census results);[3] 65,589 (1999 Census results).[3]
Climate
Very continental. Winter is cold (in January average temperature −22 °С, −30 °С) and summer is hot (in July average temperature +25 °С, +35 °С). Very poor precipitation (200–300 mm/year) mostly in winter season[4]
Toponym
The name Tarbagatay derives from Mongolian (Tarbagan marmot) as marmot mountains. (Technically, tarbagatay means "with marmots" or "having marmots" in Mongolian, but tagh ~ taw ~ tay may be misinterpreted as meaning "mountain" by speakers of Turkic languages, such as the Kazakh language.)
Administrative-territorial system
17 rural districts, 65 villages.[5]
Demographics
Ethnic groups (2009):[6]
Economy
Agrocultural (meat, fish, flour, bread)
GDP 503 900 000 tenge ~ $3 427 900 (2008)[6]
Sights
- Borytastagan
- Syn-tas
- Atyn oba
- Alty oba
References
- ^ "Акимат Тарбагатайского района". www.gov.kz.
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Tarbagatay.vko.gov.kz | Информация о районе". Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- ^ "Тарбагатайский район". kray.pushkinlibrary.kz.
- ^ a b "Тарбагатайский район". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
External links
- Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages
- Statistic Agency of East Kazakhstan Region
- Akim of Tarbagatay District
- HB Paksoy, "Z.V. Togan: The Origins of the Kazaks and the Ozbeks," Central Asian Survey 11 (3), 1992
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