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'''Zhetikara''' ({{lang-kz|Жітіқара}}, {{lang-ru|Житикара}}) is a [[town]] and the administrative center of [[Zhetikara District]] in [[Kostanay Region]] of northwestern [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kostanay.gov.kz/rus/kostanaiskaja_oblast-155%7c157.html |script-title=ru:Регионы области |publisher=Акимат Костанайской области |language=Russian |accessdate=9 August 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718045637/http://www.kostanay.gov.kz/rus/kostanaiskaja_oblast-155%7C157.html |archivedate=July 18, 2012 }}</ref> The town is located in the west of the region, on the [[Turgay Plateau]], west of the [[Tobol River]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|33,587|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|36,359|punct=.}}

==History==
Zhitikara was founded in 1880 as the [[aul]] of Konildi.<ref name="akim"/> At the time, it was a part of Nikolayevsky Uyezd (later renamed [[Kustanaysky Uyezd]]) of [[Turgay Oblast, Russian Empire|Turgay Oblast]].<ref name="nasha">{{cite journal|last=Здоровец|first=Наталья|date=July 27, 2006|script-title=ru:От уезда до области|journal=Наша газета|url=http://kostanay1879.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=46|language=Russian}}</ref> In 1915, it was renamed Zhetikara (Dzhetygara), and subsequently granted urban-type settlement status.<ref name="akim"/> In 1920, Turgay Oblast was transformed into [[Turgay Governorate]], and on November 9, 1920, it was abolished and merged into [[Orenburg-Turgay Governorate]]. On April 1, 1921 the area was transferred into newly established [[Kustanay Governorate]]. Dzhetyhara was a part of [[Adamovsky District]] and the administrative center of [[Dzhetygarinskaya Volost]]. On August 15, 1922 the district was abolished and merged into [[Denisov District]]. On September 21, 1925 Kustanay Governorate was abolished and transformed into [[Kustanaysky Uytezd]]. On January 17, 1928 [[Kustanay Okrug]] of [[Aktobe Region]] was established, which included also Zhetigara District.<ref name="zh-org">{{cite web|url=http://zhitikara.org/sity/history/zhitikara-history |script-title=ru:Очерк 1: Природно-климатические условия |publisher=http://zhitikara.org |language=Russian |accessdate=11 August 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929053012/http://zhitikara.org/sity/history/zhitikara-history |archivedate=September 29, 2012 }}</ref> In February 1932, okrugs were abolished, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. Until 1936, the district administrative center of Zhetikara District was the settlement of [[Denisovka, Kazakhstan|Denisovka]], and subsequently Dzhetygara was made the district center. On July 29, 1936, Kostanay Region was established as a part of [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]], and Zhetikara District became a part of Kostanay Region.<ref name="nasha"/>

In 1939, Dzetygara was granted the town status. In 1962, it was made a town of oblast significance.<ref name="akim">{{cite web|url=http://www.kostanay.gov.kz/rus/istoricheskaja_spravka_zh.html?id=1775&PHPSESSID=3d2dbc63878506c270872d00a70249a7/ |script-title=ru:Историческая справка Житикаринского района |publisher=Акимат Костанайской области |language=Russian |accessdate=10 August 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208081719/http://www.kostanay.gov.kz/rus/istoricheskaja_spravka_zh.html?id=1775&PHPSESSID=3d2dbc63878506c270872d00a70249a7/ |archivedate=February 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="nasha"/> In 1997, the official spelling was changed to Zhetikara, and Zhetikara was made a town of district significance, the center of Zhetikara District.

==Economy==

===Industry===
The main industrial enterprise in Zhetikara is the [[Kostanay Minerals]], mainly producing [[asbestos]].<ref name="zhet">{{cite web|url=http://zhitikara-life.ru/ |script-title=ru:Житикара |publisher=http://zhitikara-life.ru/ |language=Russian |accessdate=9 August 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028212931/http://zhitikara-life.ru/ |archivedate=October 28, 2012 }}</ref>

===Transportation===
Zhetikara is a terminal of the railway side line leading to the station of [[Tobol (station)|Tobol]] which is located on the railway between [[Kartaly]] and [[Astana]].

The town is connected by roads with [[Kostanay]] via [[Rudniy|Rudny]] and with Kartaly.

==See also==
*[[Rashid Nurgaliev]], former [[MVD|Minister of Internal Affairs]] of Russia, born in this town

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kostanay Region}}

[[Category:Populated places in Kostanay Region]]

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