Altai Town
Altai
Алтай | |
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Altai Location in Kazakhstan | |
Coordinates: 49°44′19″N 84°16′19″E / 49.73861°N 84.27194°E | |
Country | Kazakhstan |
Region | East Kazakhstan Region |
District | Zyryan District |
Founded | 1791 |
Incorporated (city) | 1941 |
Government | |
• Akim (mayor) | |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 39,320 |
Time zone | UTC+6 (ALMT) |
Postal code | F42**** |
Area code(s) | +7 72335 |
Altai (Kazakh: Алтай, romanized: Altaı, Russian: Алтай, romanized: Altai), until 2019 known as Zyryan (Kazakh: Зырян, Zyrıan) or Zyryanovsk (Russian: Зыряновск) is a town of regional significance in East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Zyryan District. It was established in 1791 and was granted town status in 1941. Population: 39,320 (2009 Census results);[1]43,894 (1999 Census results).[1]
Location[]
Zyryanovsk is located in the Rudnyi Altai, on the banks of the Berezovka River, a left tributary of the Bukhtarma. A 183-km railroad connects Zyrianovsk with Ust-Kamenogorsk. Also through Zyryanovsk there passes a highways Ust-Kamenogorsk – and Ust-Kamenogorsk – .
Industry[]
Zyrianovsk owed its establishment to the exploitation of a complex-ore deposit, discovered in 1791 by a local inhabitant, G. G. Zyrianov. Zyrianovsk has a lead combinat (division "Kazzinc"). The combine is educated from two mines (Maleevsky and Grekhovsky), concentrating factory, non-productive departments.
Education[]
In the city the center of the East Kazakhstan state technical university, and also medical college, agrarian and technical college, humanitarian college, construction and transport college, industrial college functions. There are 8 schools, 3 kindergartens, 3 public libraries, Palace of culture, equipment and sports, the Equipments-House.
Notable residents[]
- Alfred Koch (born 1961) – Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman
- Alexander Rosenbaum (born 1951) – Soviet and Russian bard
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
Coordinates: 49°44′N 84°16′E / 49.733°N 84.267°E
- Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region
- Tomsk Governorate
- Populated places established in 1791
- Kazakhstan geography stubs