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'''Kandyagash''' ({{lang-kz|Қандыағаш}}) is a [[town]] and the administrative center of [[Mugalzhar District]] in [[Aktobe Region]] of western [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aktobe.stat.kz/ru/rjn/map10/|script-title=ru:Мугалжарский район|publisher=Департамент статистики Актюбинской области|language=Russian|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> Population: {{Kz-census2009|29,169|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|25,553|punct=.}}

==History==
Kandyagash (also spelled as '''Kandygach''') was founded in 1905 as a railway station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rrh.agava.ru/encyclopedia/railroads/zapkaz.htm|script-title=ru:Западно-Казахстанская железная дорога|publisher=История создания железных дорог России|language=Russian|accessdate=17 June 2012}}</ref> At the time, Kandagach was a part of [[Aktyubinsky Uyezd]] of [[Turgay Oblast, Russian Empire|Turgay Oblast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rus.wksu.kz/html/autoreferat_kgk.doc|title=Формирование регионального торгового рынка Северо-Западного Казахстана и Южного Урала (вторая половина ХҮІІІ – ХIХ вв.)|last=Кожакметова|first=Гульназ Кабдушевна|year=2008|publisher=Западно-Казахстанский государственный университет им. М. Утемисова|language=Russian|accessdate=17 June 2012}}</ref>

In 1920, Turgay Oblast was transformed to [[Turgay Governorate]], and in 1921, it was abolished and included into [[Orenburg-Turgay Governorate]]. In the same year, Kandagach was transferred to [[Aktyubinsk Governorate]] of [[Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–25)|Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]]. In 1925, the republic was renamed [[Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic]]. On January 17, 1928 the governorate was abolished, and Kandagach was transferred to [[Aktyubinsk Okrug]]. The uyezds were abolished as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avestnik.kz/?p=16538|script-title=ru:От волостей к районам|last=Каратаев|first=Абат|date=February 2, 2012|publisher=Актюбинский вестник|language=Russian|accessdate=1 June 2012}}</ref>

In 1932, [[Aktobe Region]] was established. On July 5, 1933 Klyuchevoy District (currently [[Alga District]]) was established, and Kandyagach became a part of this district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myaktobe.kz/archives/2098|script-title=ru:Административно-территориальное деление нашего края (19-21 века)|publisher=История Актюбинской области|language=Russian|accessdate=17 June 2012}}</ref> In 1936, the republic was transformed into [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]]. By 1958, Kandagach already have the status of urban-type settlement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avestnik.kz/?p=16538|script-title=ru:От волостей к районам|last=Каратаев|first=Абат|date=February 2, 2012|publisher=Актюбинский Вестник|language=Russian|accessdate=17 June 2012}}</ref> In 1963, in the course of abortive [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]]'s administrative reform, a number of districts were merged into Kandagach Industrial District, with the administrative center in Kandyagash.

In the 1960s, substantial [[phosphate]] deposits were discovered nearby (Chilisay deposits). In 1967, the administrative divisions of Aktobe Region were changed, and Oktyabrsky District (currently Mugalzhar District) was created. Kandyagash was granted town status, renamed '''Oktyabrsk''' (to commemorate 50 years after the [[October Revolution]]), and made the administrative center of the district.<ref name="kazpravda">{{cite web|url=http://www.kazpravda.kz/print/1333999961|script-title=ru:Малые города: пути становления|last=Байгуринов|first=Жубаныш|date=April 10, 2012|publisher=Казахстанская Правда|language=Russian|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref>

Subsequently, a large plant serving the phosphate deposits was built and became by far the largest industrial enterprise in the town. Until the 1990s, Oktyabrsk experienced a rapid grownt of population. After Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, the plant was basically abandoned, and the town got into a very difficult situation when most of the population was unemployed and most of the communications non-existent. By 1997, the population was halved. In the 1990s, the emergency state was introduced in the town. In 1997, Oktyabrsk was renamed Kandyagash. The town was subsequently reoriented to serve natural gas deposits.<ref name="kazpravda"/>

==Economy==

===Industry===
Kandyagash has a chemical plant and a construction materials plant, as well as the oil refinery.<ref name="kazpravda"/>

===Transportation===
Kandyagash is a rail junction station, where two railways cross: The [[Trans-Aral Railway]], which connects [[Orenburg]] and [[Tashkent]] via [[Aktobe]] and [[Kyzylorda]], and another one connecting [[Sol-Iletsk]] with [[Atyrau]] and further with [[Astrakhan]]. In contrast to the town itself, the station was never renamed.

The town is connected by roads with Aktobe, Atyrau, and [[Embi]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Aktobe Region}}

[[Category:Populated places in Aktobe Region]]

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