Tarbagatay District
Template:Infobox settlement Tarbagatay (Template:Lang-kk; Template:Lang-ru) is a district of East Kazakhstan Region in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Aksuat. Population: Template:Kz-population2013 Template:Kz-census2009 Template:Kz-census1999
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Climate
Very continental. Winter is cold (in January average temperature −22 °С, −30 °С) and summer is hot (in July average temperature +25 °С, +35 °С). Very poor precipitation (200–300 mm/year) mostly in winter season<ref>[1]</ref>
Toponym
The name Tarbagatay derives from Mongolian (Tarbagan marmot) as marmot mountains. (Technically, tarbagatay means "with marmots" or "having marmots" in Mongolian, but tagh ~ taw ~ tay may be misinterpreted as meaning "mountain" by speakers of Turkic languages, such as the Kazakh language.)
Administrative-territorial system
17 rural districts, 65 villages.<ref>[2]</ref>
Demographics
Ethnic groups (2009):<ref>[3]</ref>
Economy
Agrocultural (meat, fish, flour, bread)
GDP 503 900 000 tenge ~ $3 427 900 (2008)<ref>[4]</ref>
Sights
- Borytastagan
- Syn-tas
- Atyn oba
- Alty oba
References
External links
- Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages
- Statistic Agency of East Kazakhstan Region
- Akim of Tarbagatay District
- HB Paksoy, "Z.V. Togan: The Origins of the Kazaks and the Ozbeks," Central Asian Survey 11 (3), 1992
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