Qonayev
Qonãev
Қонаев | |
|---|---|
 On Lake Kapshagai | |
 Flag | |
| Coordinates: 43°53′0″N 77°5′0″E / 43.88333°N 77.08333°ECoordinates: 43°53′0″N 77°5′0″E / 43.88333°N 77.08333°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Almaty Region |
| Government | |
| • Akim | Nurlan Kunatayev[1] |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 61,677 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (Almaty Time) |
| Area code | 72772 |
Qonaev (Kazakh: Қонаев; Russian: Конаев), previously known as Kapchagay (Kazakh: Қапчағай; Russian: Капшагай or Капчагай), is a city with the Almaty Region of Kazakhstan.[2] It is located on the Ili River, and has been built along with the construction of Kapshagay Dam on that river in the 1960s. The dam has formed Kapchagay Reservoir (a.k.a. Lake Kapshagai), a popular weekend destination for beach-goers from Almaty.[3] Population: 39,855 (2009 Census results);[4] 33,428 (1999 Census results).[4]
Many of Konaev's inhabitants fled the city after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but its population saw a resurgence in 2000 and has since returned to pre-dissolution numbers.[5]
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's reforms of 17 March 2022 included provisions which renamed Kapshagay to Konaev (after Dinmukhamed Kunaev) and made the city the new capital of Almaty Region following its old capital, Taldykorgan, being separated from the region and becoming the capital of the newly-created Zhetysu Region.[6]
Geography
It is located on the shore of the Kapchagai reservoir, on the Ili River near its intersection with the railway, 76 km north of Almaty.[7]
Administrative divisions
- the city of Konaev;
- Zarechny rural district;
- Shengeldinsky rural district.
See also
References
- ^ "Акимат города Қонаев".
- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Geonames database entry. (search) Accessed 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Kapchagay travel guide | Caravanistan". Caravanistan. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Kapchagay". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "В Казахстане появится четыре новых региона". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Капчагай". tochka-na-karte.ru.
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