Tarbagatay
Тарбағатай
District
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Country Kazakhstan
RegionEast Kazakhstan Region and Abai Region
Administrative centerAksuat
Founded1928
Government
 • AkimSmailov Askhat Saidakhmetovich[1]
Area
 • Total9,200 sq mi (23,700 km2)
Population
 (2013)[2]
 • Total44,147
Time zoneUTC+6 (East)

Tarbagatay (Kazakh: Тарбағатай ауданы, Tarbağatai audany) is a district of the East Kazakhstan and Abai regions in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Aksuat. Population: 44,147 (2013 estimate);[2] 47,125 (2009 Census results);[3] 65,589 (1999 Census results).[3]

Climate

Very continental. Winter is cold (in January average temperature −22 °С, −30 °С) and summer is hot (in July average temperature +25 °С, +35 °С). Very poor precipitation (200–300 mm/year) mostly in winter season[4]

Toponym

The name Tarbagatay derives from Mongolian (Tarbagan marmot) as marmot mountains. (Technically, tarbagatay means "with marmots" or "having marmots" in Mongolian, but tagh ~ taw ~ tay may be misinterpreted as meaning "mountain" by speakers of Turkic languages, such as the Kazakh language.)

Administrative-territorial system

17 rural districts, 65 villages.[5]

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2009):[6]

Economy

Agricultural (meat, fish, flour, bread)
GDP 503 900 000 tenge ~ $3 427 900 (2008)[6]

Sights

  • Borytastagan
  • Syn-tas
  • Atyn oba
  • Alty oba

References

  1. ↑ "Акимат Тарбагатайского района". www.gov.kz.
  2. 1 2 "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tarbagatay.vko.gov.kz | Информация о районе". Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  5. ↑ "Тарбагатайский район". kray.pushkinlibrary.kz.
  6. 1 2 "Тарбагатайский район". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-16.

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