Dossor

Dossor
Town
Coordinates: 47°31′38″N 52°58′52″E / 47.52722°N 52.98111°E / 47.52722; 52.98111Coordinates: 47°31′38″N 52°58′52″E / 47.52722°N 52.98111°E / 47.52722; 52.98111
Country Kazakhstan
Region Atyrau Region
Time zone Central Asia Time (UTC+5)

Dossor (or Bos-Sor, ДОССОР) is a town in the Makat District, Atyrau Region of western Kazakhstan.[1]

In 2011, sixteen freight cars loaded with sulfur were left in the town, and residents became ill. Activists blocked the railroad tracks and demanded the cars be removed.[2]

References

  1. "Traveling Luck for Dossor, Atyraū, Kazakhstan". Traveling Luck. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. "Kazakh Activists Block Rail Tracks In Sulfur Protest". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2015-10-15.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 14, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.