Akespe
Ақеспе
Village
Akespe is located in Kazakhstan
Akespe
Akespe
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 46°47′01″N 60°30′18″E / 46.78361°N 60.50500°E / 46.78361; 60.50500
CountryKazakhstan
RegionKyzylorda Region
DistrictAral District
Time zoneUTC+5 (Central Asia Time)

Akespe (Kazakh: Ақеспе) is a village in the Aral District, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. It is part of the Kosaman Rural District (KATO code - 433246200).[1] Population: 255 (2009 Census results);[2] 200 (1999 Census results).[2][3]

In 1925 a large site containing numerous fossils of the Oligocene was discovered near Akespe by the Aral Sea shore.[4][5]

Geography

The village is located by the Butakov Bay of the North Aral Sea, near the southern end of the Lesser Barsuki Desert.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "База КАТО". Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original on 2013-03-10.
  2. 1 2 "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Итоги Национальной переписи населения Республики Казахстан 2009 года" (PDF). Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-27.
  4. ↑ Aral fossil fauna // Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia. Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias, 2004. - T. I. ISBN 9965-9389-9-7
  5. ↑ Collection: Akespe Aral, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
  6. ↑ Google Earth.
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