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{{Infobox Settlement

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'''Shalkar''' ({{lang-kk|{{Audio|Kk-shalkar.ogg|Шалқар|help=no}}}}) is a [[town]] and the administrative center of [[Shalkar District]] in [[Aktobe Region]] of western [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aktobe.stat.kz/ru/rjn/map12/|script-title=ru:Шалкарский район|publisher=Департамент статистики Актюбинской области|language=Russian|accessdate=1 June 2012}}</ref> The town is located north of the [[Ülken Borsyk Desert]], close to [[Lake Shalkar]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|26,574|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|26,329|punct=.}}

==History==
Shalkar (Chelkar) was founded in 1870 as a settlement. At the time, Chelkar was a part of [[Irgizsky Uyezd]] of [[Turgay Oblast, Russian Empire|Turgay Oblast]] and was connected to [[Yrgyz]] by a road. In the 1900s, the railroad connecting [[Orenburg]] and [[Tashkent]] was built. Chelkar became an important railway station. Between 1905 and 1907 the station building, the locomotive depot, as well as other facilities including a school and a hospital, were built. In 1918, Chelkar was an area of battles during the [[Russian Civil War]].<ref name="zhelezn"/>

In 1920, Turgay Oblast was transformed to [[Turgay Governorate]], and in 1921, it was abolished and included into [[Orenburg-Turgay Governorate]]. On May 26, 1921 [[Irgizsky District]], a successor of Irgizsky Uyezd, was transferred to [[Aktyubinsk Governorate]] of [[Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–25)|Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]]. On July 5, 1922 the district was abolished, and Shalkar became the administrative center of [[Chelkarsky Uyezd]]. In 1925, the republic was renamed [[Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic]]. On January 17, 1928 the governorate was abolished, and Chelkar was transferred to [[Aktyubinsk Okrug]]. The uyezds were abolished as well, and [[Chelkarsky Raion]] (District) was established.<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 1928, Shalkar was granted a town status. On December 17, 1930 the okrug was abolished, and the districts became directly subordinate to the republic. In 1932, [[Aktobe Region]] was established, and in 1936, the republic was transformed into [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]]. In the 1930s Shalkar became a place for political exile, in particular, from Saint Petersburg.<ref name="zhelezn">{{cite web|url=http://www.kazakh.ru/news/articles/?a=1019|script-title=ru:С визитом к царю из Шалкарской пустыни|last=Железняк|first=Сергей|date=June 28, 2007|publisher=Диапазон|language=Russian|accessdate=1 June 2012}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Industry===
Shalkar is mostly serving the railway; there is a carriage repair plant. There are also food industry enterprises.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapl40.narod.ru/map2/index06.html|title=L-40-VI. Челкар|publisher=narod.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=1 June 2012}}</ref>

===Transportation===
Shalkar is a railway station on the [[Trans-Aral Railway]], which connects [[Orenburg]] and [[Tashkent]]. It is also connected to [[Irgiz, Kazakhstan|Irgiz]] by a road. This connection provides an access to the [[European route E38|E38 highway]] between [[Aktobe]] and [[Shymkent]].

==Sport==
A team was sent to the 2014 Youth [[Bandy]] Championship of Kazakhstan and also to the first round of the National [[rink bandy|Rink Bandy]] Championships in 2015 for players born in 1999-2000, held in [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://akzhajik.ucoz.kz/news/spasibo_andrej_evgenevich_vy_pobeditel/2015-03-30-904|title=Спасибо, Андрей Евгеньевич! Вы - победитель!|publisher=Хоккейный клуб «Акжайык»|language=Russian|accessdate=4 August 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commonscat|Shalqar}}

{{Aktobe Region}}

[[Category:Populated places in Aktobe Region]]

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