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Coordinates: 45°01′0″N 78°22′0″E / 45.01667°N 78.36667°E / 45.01667; 78.36667
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Taldykorgan
Талдықорған
Official seal of Taldykorgan
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Taldykorgan is located in Kazakhstan
Taldykorgan
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 45°01′0″N 78°22′0″E / 45.01667°N 78.36667°E / 45.01667; 78.36667
CountryKazakhstan
RegionAlmaty Region
Founded1868
City status1944
Government
 • Akim (mayor)Yermek Alpysov
Area
 • City74 km2 (29 sq mi)
Elevation
600 m (2,000 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • City129,960
 • Density1,184/km2 (3,070/sq mi)
 • Metro
146,844
Time zoneUTC+6 (East)
Postal code
040000 - 040012
Area code72822
Vehicle registrationB, V, 05
Websitewww.taldykorgan.gov.kz

Taldykorgan ([Талдықорған, Taldıqorğan] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), [Талдыкорган] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), known as Taldy-Kurgan until 1993, is the administrative center of Almaty Region, Kazakhstan. Population: 123,038 (2009 Census results);[1] 97,996 (1999 Census results).[1] 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. All of the facilities have not been maintained since the USSR era.[2]

Demographics

The ethnic composition of Taldykorgan according to a 2010 census was thus:[3][4]

Transport

Taldykorgan Airport services a number Kazakh and Russian cities, while its train station services from 30 km from Taldykorgan Central Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Russia, Baltic States and the People's Republic of China.

Sport

The city has a football club, FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan.[5][6]

Notable residents

  • 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.
  • 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 Taldykorgan

Sister cities

References

  1. ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. ^ http://www.advantour.com/kazakhstan/almaty/taldykorgan.htm retrieved 2007-07-27
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Национальный состав населения Казахстана по переписи 2009
  5. ^ http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/countries/kz/121815.html retrieved 2007-07-27
  6. ^ http://www.soccerway.com/match/super-league/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/fc-irtysh-pavlodar/450289/ retrieved 2007-07-27

Further reading

  • Bozdaqtar. Taldyqorghan oblysy, 1995, ISBN 5-89800-067-4
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