Zhetikara

Template:Infobox settlement Zhetikara (Template:Lang-kz, Template:Lang-ru) is a town and the administrative center of Zhetikara District in Kostanay Region of northwestern Kazakhstan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The town is located in the west of the region, on the Turgay Plateau, west of the Tobol River. Population: Template:Kz-census2009 Template:Kz-census1999

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.<ref name="nasha">Template:Cite journal</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">Template:Cite web</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, 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">Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite web</ref>

Transportation

Zhetikara is a terminal of the railway side line leading to the station of Tobol which is located on the railway between Kartaly and Astana.

The town is connected by roads with Kostanay via Rudny and with Kartaly.

See also

• Rashid Nurgaliev, former Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, born in this town