Kulsary

Kulsary
—  Town  —
Kulsary
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates:
Country Kazakhstan
Province Atyrau Province
District Zhylyoi District
Time zone Central Asia Time (UTC+5)

Kulsary or Qulsary (Kazakh: Құлсары) is a town and the center of the Zhylyoi District in the Atyrau Province of western Kazakhstan.[1] The Russians created this town in concurrence with the annexation of the Kazakhstan in 1936. However, population growth declined after Atyrau became a boom town.

The city is located 11 kilometers from the Emba River, and 230 kilometers from the city of Atyrau, the center of the Atyrau Province. The railroad station is on the Makat-Beyneu line.

The city is home to the mining of petroleum and a scrap metal processing plant.

References

  1. ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search) Accessed 12 May 2011.