Alakol District
Appearance
Alakol | |
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District | |
Алакөл ауданы | |
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Country | Kazakhstan |
Region | Almaty Region |
Administrative center | Usharal |
Founded | 1928 |
Area | |
• Total | 9,200 sq mi (23,700 km2) |
Population (2013)[1] | |
• Total | 70,427 |
Time zone | UTC+6 (East) |
Alakol District (Kazakh: Алакөл ауданы) is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Usharal.[2] Population: 70,427 (2013 estimate);[1] 69,398 (2009 Census results);[3] 79,773 (1999 Census results).[3]
The Tunkuruz Hydroelectric Power Plant is located in the district.
Geography
The district is located in the Ballkhash-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
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.