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'''Aktogay''' ({{lang-kz|Ақтоғай}}, ''Aqtoğay'', اقتوعاي {{IPA-kk|ɑqtu̯ʊʁɑj}}) is a [[town]] in [[Ayagoz District]], [[East Kazakhstan Region]] of [[Kazakhstan]] and major [[railway]] hub of Turkestan-Siberian Railway.

Aktogay is located in Balkhash-Alakol lowlands, close to Balkhash lake. The Ayagoz river’s mouth is located nearby Aktogay. The climate is continental. Summer is hot +40°, winter is cold -40°. The distance to district center Ayagoz is 100&nbsp;km, to the region center Ust-Kamenogorsk is 420&nbsp;km, to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan is 1250&nbsp;km.

The major copper deposit is discovered close to Aktogay town. This is the fourth reserves of copper in the world. [[Aktogay Mine]] and copper extraction plant was completed there and the copper cathodes production started in 2011. The capital cost account $1.5-2 billion and the production capacity is 100.000 tones per annum.
The city is about 30&nbsp;km from [[Lake Balkhash]].

== Transport ==

Aktogay lies in the main line of [[Turkestan–Siberia Railway]]. After Soviet–Chinese accords of 1956, the railway to [[Dostyk]] (in [[Alataw Pass]]) was built in 1959, but at that time [[Sino-Soviet split|the relations between two countries was spoiled]] and Chinese [[Lanxin railway]] was not extended to Kazakhstan border in the following thirty years.  In 1985 Aktogay was linked with [[Sayaq]] station, therefore a railway connection to Central Kazakhstan become available.  After connection with China in Alataw Pass in 1990, a railway bridge [[Ürümqi]]—Dostyk—Aktogay—Sayak—[[Balqash]]—[[Moyynty]] appeared.

In 2012, a new line opended between [[Zhetigen]] via a [[break-of-gauge]] transshipment hub at [[Korgas]] to a junction in China at [[Jinghe County|Jinghe]].

== See also ==

* [[Railway stations in Kazakhstan]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kazakhstan]]