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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name    Taldykorgan 
| native_name              = Талдықорған 
| motto                    =
| image_skyline            =
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| image_seal               = Taldykorgan_seal.png
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| map_caption              =
| pushpin_map              = Kazakhstan
| pushpin_label_position   = bottom
| pushpin_mapsize          = 280
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Kazakhstan
| subdivision_type         = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
| subdivision_type2        =
| subdivision_name         = [[Kazakhstan]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Almaty Region]]
| subdivision_name2        =
| established_title        =
| established_date         =
| established_title2       = Founded
| established_date2        = 1868
| established_title3       = City status
| established_date3        = 1944
| government_type          =
| leader_title             = Akim {{small|([[mayor]])}}
| leader_name              = [[Yermek Alpysov]]
| area_total_km2           = 74
| area_land_km2            =
| area_water_km2           =
| population_as_of         = 2013
| population_footnotes     =
| population_total         = 129,960
| population_urban         =
| population_metro         = 146,844
| population_density_km2   = 1184
| timezone                 = East
| utc_offset               = +6
| timezone_DST             =
| utc_offset_DST           =
| coordinates              = {{coord|45|01|0|N|78|22|0|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes      =
| elevation_m              = 600
| postal_code_type         = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code              = 040000 - 040012
| area_code                = 72822
| registration_plate       = B, V, 05
| footnotes                =
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.taldykorgan.gov.kz/}}
}}
'''Taldykorgan''' ({{lang-kz|'''Талдықорған''', ''Taldıqorğan''}}, {{lang-ru|''Талдыкорган''}}), known as ''Taldy-Kurgan'' until 1993, is the administrative center of [[Almaty Region]], [[Kazakhstan]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|123,038|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|97,996|punct=.}} Most of the people are [[Kazakhs]].

==Education==
Taldykorgan has a diverse educational system, including a university, institutes, institutions, technical training colleges, secondary schools and kindergartens. There are 27 public health facilities, a theater, amusement parks, libraries, a city cinema, stadium, sports complex and swimming pools. All of the facilities have not been maintained since the USSR era.<ref>http://www.advantour.com/kazakhstan/almaty/taldykorgan.htm retrieved 2007-07-27</ref>

==Demographics==
The ethnic composition of Taldykorgan according to a 2010 census was thus:<ref name="Stat2010">[http://www.stat.kz/publishing/DocLib4/2010/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F/Bull_Hsany2010.rar Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям, городам и районам, полу и отдельным возрастным группам, отдельным этносам на начало 2010 года]</ref><ref name="пер.2010">[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kazakhstan-ethnic2010.htm Национальный состав населения Казахстана по переписи 2009]</ref>

*[[Kazakhs]] - 93,156 people (64.96%)
*[[Russians]] - 36,532 people (25.47%)
*[[Koreans]] - 5,172 people (3.61%)
*[[Tatars]] - 2,783 people (1.94%)
*[[Germans]] - 1,581 people (1.10%)
*[[Ukrainians]] - 1,071 people (0.75%)
*[[Uyghurs]] - 962 people (0.67%)
*[[Chechens]] - 354 people (0.25%)
*[[Uzbeks]] - 302 people (0.21%)
*[[Belarusians]] - 177 people (0.12%)
*[[Azerbaijanis]] - 130 people (0.09%)
*[[Poles]] - 123 people (0.09%)
*[[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] - 102 people (0.07%)
*Other - 962 people (0.67%)

==Transport==
[[Taldykorgan Airport]] services a number Kazakh and [[Russia]]n cities, while its train station services from 30&nbsp;km from Taldykorgan [[Central Kazakhstan]], [[Central Asia]], [[Russia]], [[Baltic States]] and the [[People's Republic of China]].

==Sport==
The city has a football club, [[FC Zhetysu]] Taldykorgan.<ref>http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/countries/kz/121815.html retrieved 2007-07-27</ref><ref>http://www.soccerway.com/match/super-league/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/fc-irtysh-pavlodar/450289/ retrieved 2007-07-27</ref>

==Notable residents==
{{alumni|residents|date=June 2012}}
* [[Andrei Kivilev]] (1973 - 2003) - professional bicycle racer.
* [[Sergey Vodopyanov]] (born 1987) - Russian amateur boxer, winner gold in bantamweight Class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
* [[Alibek Buleshev]](born 1981) - Kazakhstanian football forward.
* [[Mirat Sarsembayev]] (born 1986) - amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
* [[Victor Sydorenko]] (born 1953) - painter, curator, teacher, an author of objects and photocompositions and also scientific and publicistic texts, member and the vice-president of Ukrainian Academy of Arts.
* [[Marian Handwerker]] (born 1944) film director born in Taldykorgan

==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Antalya]], [[Turkey]].
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester]], [[United Kingdom]].

==References==
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==Further reading==
*''Bozdaqtar. Taldyqorghan oblysy'', 1995, ISBN 5-89800-067-4

==External links==
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* [http://www.taldyk.central.kz Taldykorgan]
* [http://Taldykorgan.net Portal of Taldykorgan]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/kaz/2007/zhetrgan.htm 2007 Soccer team]

{{Almaty Region}}
{{Cities of Kazakhstan}}

{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Populated places in Almaty Region]]