Bukhar-Zhyrau District

Bukhar-Zhyrau
District
Бұқар жырау ауданы
Coat of arms
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Karaganda Region
Administrative center	Botakara
Founded	1938
Government
• Akim	Ablay Sultangali[1]
Area
• Total	5,628 sq mi (14,576 km^2)
Population  (2013)[2]
• Total	63,236
Time zone	UTC+6 (East)

Bukhar-Zhyrau District (Kazakh: Бұқар жырау ауданы, Būqar Jyrau audany) is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Botakara.^[3] Population: 63,236 (2013 estimate);^[2] 64,003 (2009 Census results);^[4] 69,617 (1999 Census results).^[4]

History

Formed in 1938 as Voroshilovsky District. In 1961, it was renamed into the Ulyanovsk District (the regional center Kolkhoznoye was renamed into the urban-type settlement Ulyanovsk). In 1997, the district was merged with Telmansky and renamed the Bukhar-Zhyrau district in honor of the Kazakh akyn Bukhar Zhyrau (the district center was renamed Botakara).^[5]

Geography

Bukhar-Zhyrau District lies in the Kazakh Uplands. 1,049 meters (3,442 ft) high mount Semizbughy is the highest point in the district. Rudnichnoye lake is located near it.^[6][7]

References

1. "Аблай Султангали назначен акимом Бухар-Жырауского района Карагандинской области". www.inform.kz. 2023-05-18.
2. "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
3. "www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
4. "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
5. "Карагандинская область. История АТД".^{[dead link‍]}
6. "M-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
7. Google Earth

External links

• Media related to Bukhar-Zhyrau District at Wikimedia Commons

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