Tarbagatay District

This article is about the district of East Kazakhstan Region in Kazakhstan. For the district of the Buryat Republic in Russia, see Tarbagataysky District.
Tarbagatay
Тарбағатай
District
Country  Kazakhstan
Region East Kazakhstan Region
Administrative center Aksuat
Founded 1928
Government
  Type Akimat
  Akim Tekeshov Yerlan
Area
  Total 9,200 sq mi (23,700 km2)
Population (2013)[1]
  Total 44,147
Time zone East (UTC+6)

Tarbagatay (Kazakh: Тарбағатай ауданы; Russian: Тарбагатайский район) is a district of East Kazakhstan Region in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Aksuat. Population: 44,147 (2013 estimate);[1] 47,125 (2009 Census results);[2] 65,589 (1999 Census results).[2]

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[3]

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.[4]

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2009):[5]

Economy

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

Sights

References

  1. 1 2 "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

External links

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