Kentau
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Kentau
Kentau Кентау | |
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| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Turkistan Region |
| Government | |
| • Akim (mayor) | Zhandos Tasov[1] |
| Area | |
• City | 77.45 km2 (29.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
• City | 81,484 |
| • Urban | 57,121 |
| Climate | BSk |
Kentau[a] is a town in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, located at the foot of the Karatau mountains 30 km northeast of the city of Turkestan. Kentau was formed in August 1955. In Soviet times, the population of the city was mainly from Russia, the descendants of the repressed: Greeks, Russians, Germans, Koreans, Jews, Chechens, etc., as well as Uzbeks, and majority of population comprising an ethnic Kazakhs. Major mining ore operations are supported by excavator and transformer plants. The late 1980s or early 1990s saw massive emigration of population and the closures of mines and industrial enterprises. Today, the population is approximately 80 thousand, mostly Kazakhs. Population: 57,121 (2009 census results);[2] 55,521 (1999 census results).[2]
Industry
[edit | edit source]There are two plants in Kentau: Transformer Plant and Excavator Plant. Both of them were famous in USSR. Nowadays Excavator Plant is working, but not so active as about 25–30 years ago.
Notable residents
[edit | edit source]- Russian pop singer Linda was born in Kentau on 29 April 1977.
- Kazakh futsal player Dinmukhambet Suleimanov was born in Kentau on 8 January 1981.
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Kazakh: Кентау [kʰʲentʰɑ́w]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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