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'''Koktobe''' ([[Kazakh language|Kaz.]] Kөktөbe) is a village in [[May District, Kazakhstan|May District]] of [[Pavlodar Region]] of [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of Koktobinsky rural district. KATO code - 555630100{{elucidate|date=November 2014}}.

== Geographical position ==

Koktobe is located 102&nbsp;km southeast of Pavlodar on the car track Chagan-Families. The train station is on the main road Aksu-Delegen (since 2001).

== Population ==

In 1999 the population was {{Kz-census1999|4,131|punct=:}} (2,032 men and 2,099 women), and in 2009 it was {{Kz-census2009|3,815|punct=:}} (1827 men and 1988 women).

Koktobinsky rural district includes the settlements of Koktobe Belogorsky HSP, Branch and Branch-2-3 with a total population of 4315 people (1999).

== History ==

''Kөktөbe'' signifies "Green Hill". Prior to 1992, the village was called Belogorie ("White Hill" in Russian).<ref>[http://www.geonames.de/coukz-sub.html www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages]</ref> The name is given to a high steep bank of the river, where alabaster is mined.

The village was founded in 1932 on the site of the current alabaster factory. The former dairy farm "Belogorsky" was formed in 1961 on the basis of the "Podkhoz Maikainzoloto" plant, part of the grounds of the farm "Kyzylkuraminsky", "Lenin Joly", and the cattle ranch "Goszemelfonda".

During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, V.I. Ladigin, of the "Belogorsky" farm, was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.

== Businesses ==

In Koktobe there are building and transport enterprises, creamery, bakery, printing house, the House of Culture, two cinemas, music school, a library and a stadium.

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