Karatau, Kazakhstan
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Karatau (Template:Lang-kz) is an administrative center in the Talas region located in the Jambyl Region in the south of Kazakhstan. It has an estimated population of roughly 30,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The largest city from Karatau, Taraz, is approximately 100 km to the southwest.
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Name
The name Karatau means Black Mountain in the Kazakh language. Karatau was named after the Karatau Mountain range which it is located next to.
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External links
- AmerasianWorld.com's Karatau, Kazakhstan, (Black Mountain) [English]
- Photos of Karatau [English]
- Karatau, Kazakhstan - Facebook Pages [English]
- Karatay Malenkii Gorod Boshix Nadezhd [Russian]
