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Alatau, Medeu District, Almaty

Coordinates: 43°21′27″N 77°8′40″E / 43.35750°N 77.14444°E / 43.35750; 77.14444
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Alatau
Alatau is located in Kazakhstan
Alatau
Alatau
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43°21′27″N 77°8′40″E / 43.35750°N 77.14444°E / 43.35750; 77.14444
CountryKazakhstan
RegionAlmaty Region
Time zoneUTC+6 (Omsk Time)

Alatau (Kazakh: Алатау, Alataý; from Turkic languages: "motley mountain") is a town in Almaty Region, in south-eastern Kazakhstan, 15 km away from Almaty.

The town is notable for its Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kazakhstan National Nuclear Center (formerly of the Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences), which houses an experimental nuclear reactor and cyclotron.