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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Esik
| native_name = Eсik
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|pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan
|map_caption = Location in [[Kazakhstan]]
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|subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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|subdivision_name = [[Kazakhstan]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Almaty Region]]
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| established_title = First settled
| established_date = XIX
| established_title2 = Founded
| established_date2 = 1858
| established_title3 = Incorporated (city)
| established_date3 = 1968
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| leader_title = Akim <small>([[mayor]])</small>
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| population_total = 34355
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| postal_code = 040400 <small>(town)</small>
| area_code = +7 72775
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'''Esik''' ({{lang-kz|Есік}}, also spelled ''Issyk'', ''Yesik'' and ''Yesyk'') is a town in [[Almaty Region]] of [[Kazakhstan]], the administrative center of [[Enbekshikazakh District]]. It is located on the [[Issyk River]], at the foot of the [[Tian Shan]], 53 km east of [[Almaty]] and 112 km over the mountains from [[Issyk Kul Lake]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|34,355|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|31,254|punct=.}}

It was founded by [[Cossacks]] in 1858 as [[stanitsa]] Nadezhdinskaya. The [[Issyk kurgan]] of the famous "Golden Man" is nearby.

[[Image:Issyk Golden Cataphract Warrior.jpg|thumb|left|A [[cataphract]]-style [[parade armour]] from gold [[scale armour|scales]] of [[Saka]]s' King found in Issyk in [[Kazakhstan]] in 1970<ref>K.A.Akishev "Issyk Mound, The art of Saka in Kazakhstan", Moscow Isusstvo Publishers 1978</ref>]]

The nearby [[Issyk Lake]] (not to be confused with the much greater [[Issyk Kul Lake]] in [[Kyrgyzstan]]) is mostly famous for the way it was created (as a result of an ancient natural landslide damming a valley), destroyed (another natural landslide destroying that dam in 1963, with a subsequent damage to the city of Esik as well), and re-created (with human help).

== US Peace Corps ==
Esik served as the host community for the 20th group of US [[Peace Corps]] OCAP (Organization and Community Assistance Program) volunteers in Kazakhstan during their initial training. 20 families hosted the volunteers for 3 months, beginning with their arrival in the country in August 2008.

== External links ==

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==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

{{Almaty Region}}

[[Category:Populated places in Almaty Region]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1858]]
[[Category:1858 establishments in Russia]]

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