Taldykorgan
Taldykorgan
Талдықорған | |
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  Taldykorgan Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 45°01′0″N 78°22′0″E / 45.01667°N 78.36667°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Almaty Region |
| Founded | 1868 |
| City status | 1944 |
| Government | |
| • Akim | Yermek Alpysov |
| Area | |
• City | 74 km2 (29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
• City | 129,960 |
| • Density | 1,184/km2 (3,070/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 146,844 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (East) |
| Postal code | 040000 - 040012 |
| Area code | 72822 |
| Vehicle registration | B, V, 05 |
| Website | www |
Taldykorgan (Template:Lang-kz), known as Taldy-Kurgan until 1993, is the capital (called an administrative center) of Almaty Region, Kazakhstan. According to the 2010 Kazakh Census Results, the population is 143,407.
The village of Gavrilovka began its existence in the 19th century and has remained on its site. The town started to grow slowly. There has been a railway constructed and many Russian farmers moved to the town. Russians are the second-largest ethnic group after the Kazakhs among the 70 nationalities living in Taldykorgan. A total of 143,000 people live in the city.[1]
Education
Taldykorgan has a diverse educational system, including a university, institutes, institutions, technical training colleges, secondary schools and kindergartens. There are 27 public health facilities, a theater, amusement parks, libraries, a city cinema, stadium, sports complex and swimming pools. All of the facilities have not been maintained since the Soviet era.[2]
Demographics
The ethnic composition of Taldykorgan according to the 2010 Kazakh Census was:[3][4]
| Ethnicity | Population | Percentage of Population |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhs | 93,156 | 64.96% |
| Russians | 36,532 | 25.47% |
| Koreans | 5,172 | 3.61% |
| Tatars | 2,783 | 1.94% |
| Germans | 1,581 | 1.10% |
| Ukrainians | 1,071 | 0.75% |
| Uyghurs | 962 | 0.67% |
| Chechens | 354 | 0.25% |
| Uzbeks | 302 | 0.21% |
| Belorussians | 177 | 0.12% |
| Azerbaijanis | 130 | 0.09% |
| Poles | 123 | 0.09% |
| Kyrgyz | 102 | 0.07% |
| Other/Unknown | 962 | 0.67% |
| Total | 143,407 | 100% |
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Taldıqorğan has a hot, dry-summer continental climate. There is more rainfall in winter than in summer. The average annual temperature in Taldıqorğan is 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). About 370 mm (14.57 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Taldıqorğan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) |
23 (0.9) |
35 (1.4) |
42 (1.7) |
45 (1.8) |
32 (1.3) |
22 (0.9) |
13 (0.5) |
21 (0.8) |
40 (1.6) |
39 (1.5) |
33 (1.3) |
370 (14.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data | |||||||||||||
Transport
Taldykorgan Airport services Nur-sultan. Its train station services Central Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Russia, the Baltic States and the People's Republic of China.
Sport
The city has a football club, FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan.[5][6]
Notable residents
 | This article's list of residents may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (June 2012) |
- Andrei Kivilev (1973 - 2003) - professional bicycle racer.
- Sergey Vodopyanov (born 1987) - Russian amateur boxer, winner gold in bantamweight Class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
- Alibek Buleshev (born 1981) - Kazakh football forward.
- Mirat Sarsembayev (born 1986) - amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
- Victor Sydorenko (born 1953) - painter, curator, teacher, an author of objects and photocompositions and also scientific and publicistic texts, member and the vice-president of Ukrainian Academy of Arts.
- Marian Handwerker (born 1944) film director born in Taldykorgan
Sister cities
References
- ^ "Taldykorgan". Retrieved April 13, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ http://www.advantour.com/kazakhstan/almaty/taldykorgan.htm retrieved 2007-07-27
- ^ Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям, городам и районам, полу и отдельным возрастным группам, отдельным этносам на начало 2010 года Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Национальный состав населения Казахстана по переписи 2009
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) retrieved 2007-07-27 - ^ https://int.soccerway.com/match/super-league/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/fc-irtysh-pavlodar/450289/ retrieved 2007-07-27
Further reading
- Bozdaqtar. Taldyqorghan oblysy, 1995, ISBN 5-89800-067-4
External links
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