Kurshim
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Template:Infobox settlement Kurshim, also Kurchum or Kurchim (Template:Lang-kz) is a selo and administrative center of Kurshim District of East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. Population: Template:Kz-census2009 Template:Kz-census1999
The Kurchum River flows past the town and Lake Zaysan lies to the south.[1][2] The town lies on the road between the villages of Altyn Kala to the north-west and Surulen to the east; this road connects with the M38 road in the southeast which leads to Jeminay across the Chinese border in Xinjiang. The town is served by a small airport, Kurchum Airport, and Antonov An-2 biplanes fly in and out of the airport.[3] In late 1989 or early 1990 the town was affected by an earthquake which destroyed the Kurchum Hospital,[4] amongst other buildings. The landscape around the town is dominated by estuarine plains.
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