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''' Tekeli''' ({{lang-kk|Текелі}}) is a town of oblas significance in [[Almaty Region]] of south-eastern [[Kazakhstan]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|26,062|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|23,982|punct=.}}

==History==
Determination and further development of Tekeli started in the 1920s when Dzhungar Survey Expedition revealed rich mineral deposits near the future town location.

In 1927 there began a more structured search for deposits of minerals in [[Dzungarian Alatau|Dzungarian Alatau Mountains]]. The year of 1933 was prominent for discovering a deposit of polimetals such as [[lead]], [[zinc]], [[silver]], [[cadmium]] and [[germanium]]. In 1939 construction of the Tekeli Lead-Zinc Factory was started. Concurrently development of a settlement was started for the miners which would become the future town of Tekeli. It was incorporated on January 29, 1952 by the decree of [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh Soviet Republic]] Presidium.

Tekeli has been subject to conflicts between the government and [[Krishnaism|Krishna believers]] in recent years.<ref>http://www.bvml.org/CE/kazakhstan4.html</ref>

<gallery>
File:Yurt in Tekeli.JPG|Yurt in Tekeli
File:Nowruz 2013 in Tekeli.JPG|[[Nowruz]] in 2013
File:Traditional costume for Nowruz.JPG|[[Nowruz]] in 2013
File:Orthodox church, Tekeli, Timiryazeva str.jpg|Orthodox church
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== Education ==
Tekeli will host one of the three campuses of the [[University of Central Asia]] (UCA) founded in 2000 by the governments of [[Kazakhstan]], the [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz Republic]] and [[Tajikistan]], and [[Aga Khan IV|His Highness the Aga Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ucentralasia.org/About|title=About the University of Central Asia (UCA) - University of Central Asia|website=www.ucentralasia.org|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref> It is the world’s first internationally chartered institution of higher education. UCA currently operates a School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) in Tekeli<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ucentralasia.org/Schools/Spce|title=The School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) - University of Central Asia|website=www.ucentralasia.org|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref> which is a leading provider of post-secondary, short-cycle education as well as an academic publisher in the region. The Tekeli campus will offer Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Engineering Sciences and Business and Managemen<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ucentralasia.org/Admissions/UndergraduateProgramme|title=Undergraduate Programme - University of Central Asia|website=www.ucentralasia.org|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>t and is anticipated to open in 2019.

==References==
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{{Almaty Region}}

[[Category:Populated places in Almaty Region]]


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