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{{Infobox Settlement
|official_name = Abay
|native_name = Абай ауданы, ''Abay awdanı''
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|subdivision_name       = [[Kazakhstan]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Region of Kazakhstan|Region]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Karaganda Region]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Kazakhstan|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Abay District, Karaganda Region|Abay District]]
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1949
|established_title2 = Re-Named and Re-Classified as a "City"
|established_date2 = 1961
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|leader_title = Akim <small>([[mayor]])</small>
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|population_as_of = 1 Jan 2009
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|population_total =25550
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'''Abay''' ({{lang-kk|Абай}}) is a town (since 1961) located in central [[Kazakhstan]], and has served as the [[Capital (political)|capital]] of [[Abay District, Karaganda Region|Abay District]] in [[Karaganda Region]] since 2002. Population: {{Kz-census2009|25,550|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|33,066|punct=.}}

Abay was founded in 1949 as a [[coal mining]] settlement with the name '''Sherubay-Noora''' ({{lang-kz|Шерубай-Нұра}}, {{lang-ru|Чурубай-Нура}}, '''Churubay-Nura'''). In 1961, it was renamed ''Abay'', after [[Abay Qunanbayuli]], a [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] poet, composer and philosopher.

==Sport==
In 2014 a team from Abay participated in the national championships in [[bandy]] for junior players born in 1996 and younger.[https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://akzhajik.ucoz.kz/news/kazakhstanskij_khokkej_eshhe_zhiv/2015-02-02-848&prev=search]

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in Karaganda Region]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1949]]


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