Yegindybulak

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Template:Expand language Template:Infobox settlement Yegindybulak (Kaz — Егіндібұлақ) is a settlement in the Karaganda Region in Kazakhstan.<ref name="Cohen2008"/> Located on dry steppe, it is a former tertiary level administrative centre.<ref name="Cohen2008"/> The terrain to the north of the town is mountainous.<ref name="Topo"/>

The population of between five and ten thousand people<ref name="Collins"/> are predominantly Muslim Kazakhs.

Alternative transliterations of the name include Egindibulaq,<ref name="Topo"/> Egindybulak,<ref name="Collins"/> and Yegendybulak.<ref name="Times"/> Nearby settlements include Karabulak (west southwest), Terekti (northwest), Osibay (northeast), and Kiikqashqan and Dogalan (southeast).<ref name="Topo"/>

The Koyandinsk Fair, a large annual trade fair held every June from 1848 to 1930, was located near modern day Yegindybulak on the caravan route from Central Asia to Siberia.<ref name="CAR"/>

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