Saryshaghan
kaz. Сарышаған, Saryşağan Saryşağan | |
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  Saryshaghan Location in Karagandy Province, Aqtogay, Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 46°07′N 73°37′E / 46.117°N 73.617°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Karaganda Region |
| Founded | 1956 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (UTC+6) |
| Postal code | 100314 |
Saryshaghan (Kazakh: Сарышаған, Saryşağan) is a town in Kazakhstan located on the coast of Lake Balkhash at Latitude (DMS): 46° 7' 9 N Longitude (DMS): 73° 37' 9 E in Karaganda Region. Its population is estimated at 11,000 inhabitants.
Sary Shagan is a site of the major antiballistic missile defense test range in the Soviet Union.[1] The first nonnuclear intercept of a ballistic missile warhead by a missile was accomplished there on 4 March 1961.
References
- ↑ Buyers, Lydia M. (2003). Central Asia in Focus: Political and Economic Issues. Nova Publishers. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-59033-153-8.
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