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Alakol District

Coordinates: 44°13′48″N 76°51′00″E / 44.23000°N 76.85000°E / 44.23000; 76.85000
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Alakol
District
Алакөл ауданы
CountryKazakhstan
RegionJetisu Region
Administrative centerÜşaral
Founded1928
Government
 • Akim (mayor)Abdinov Almas Sapargalievich[1]
Area
 • Total9,200 sq mi (23,700 km2)
Population
 (2013)[2]
 • Total70,427
Time zoneUTC+6 (East)

Alakol District (Kazakh: Алакөл ауданы, Alaköl audany) is a district of Jetisu Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Üşaral.[3] Population: 70,427 (2013 estimate);[2] 69,398 (2009 Census results);[4] 79,773 (1999 Census results).[4]

The Tunkuruz Hydroelectric Power Plant is located in the district.

Geography

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The district is located in the Balkhash-Alakol Depression. Parts of its eastern border (where the district borders on East Kazakhstan Region) run through the chain of lakes - Lakes Sasykkol, Koshkarkol, Alakol, and Zhalanashkol. There are no major rivers in the district; the fairly small Tentek River, which flows toward Lake Sasykkol, but reaches it only intermittently, is the largest one.

References

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  1. ^ "Акимат Алакольского района". www.gov.kz.
  2. ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ^ "www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  4. ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

44°13′48″N 76°51′00″E / 44.23000°N 76.85000°E / 44.23000; 76.85000