Taldykorgan

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Coordinates: 45°01′N 78°22′E / 45.017°N 78.367°E / 45.017; 78.367

Taldykorgan
Талдықорған

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Taldykorgan
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 45°01′0″N 78°22′0″E / 45.01667°N 78.36667°E / 45.01667; 78.36667
Country Kazakhstan
Province Almaty Province
Founded 1868
City status 1944
Government
 • Akim (mayor) Yermek Alpysov
Area
 • City 74 km2 (29 sq mi)
Elevation 600 m (2,000 ft)
Population (2013)
 • City 29,960
 • Density 1,184/km2 (3,070/sq mi)
 • Metro 146,844
Time zone East (UTC+6)
Postal code 040000 - 040012
Area code(s) 72822
Vehicle registration B, V, 05
Website www.taldykorgan.gov.kz

Taldykorgan (Kazakh: Талдықорған / Taldıqorğan / تالدىقورعان), formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan (Russian: Талды-Курган, until 1993), is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. Population: 123,038 (2009 Census results);[1] 97,996 (1999 Census results).[1] Most of the people are Kazakhs.

Education

Taldykorgan has a diverse educational system, including a university, institutes, institutions, technical training colleges, secondary schools and kindergartens. There are 27 public health facilities, a theater, amusement parks, libraries, a city cinema, stadium, sports complex and swimming pools. All of the facilities have not been maintained since the USSR era. [2]

Demographics

The ethnic composition of Taldykorgan according to a 2010 census was thus:[3][4]

  • Kazakhs - 93,156 people (64.96%)
  • Russians - 36,532 people (25.47%)
  • Koreans - 5,172 people (3.61%)
  • Tatars - 2,783 people (1.94%)
  • Germans - 1,581 people (1.10%)
  • Ukrainians - 1,071 people (0.75%)
  • Uyghurs - 962 people (0.67%)
  • Chechens - 354 people (0.25%)
  • Uzbeks - 302 people (0.21%)
  • Belarusians - 177 people (0.12%)
  • Azerbaijanis - 130 people (0.09%)
  • Poles - 123 people (0.09%)
  • Kyrgyz - 102 people (0.07%)
  • Other - 962 people (0.67%)

Transport

Taldykorgan has an airport that services a number Kazakh and Russian cities, while its train station services from 30 km from Taldykorgan Central Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Russia, Baltic States and the People's Republic of China.

Sport

The city has a football club, FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan.[5][6]

Notable residents

  • Andrei Kivilev (1973 - 2003) - professional bicycle racer.
  • Sergey Vodopyanov (born 1987) - Russian amateur boxer, winner gold in bantamweight Class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
  • Alibek Buleshev(born 1981) - Kazakhstanian football forward.
  • Gottlieb Wladimir (born 1942) - Ph.D, Associate Professor in Lviv Institute of Physical Education (Ukraine), Master of sport (swimming). Now he lives in Germany.
  • Mirat Sarsembayev (born 1986) - amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
  • Victor Sydorenko (born 1953) - painter, curator, teacher, an author of objects and photocompositions and also scientific and publicistic texts, member and the vice-president of Ukrainian Academy of Arts.
  • Marian Handwerker (born 1944) film director born in Taldykurgan

Sister city

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013. 
  2. ↑ http://www.advantour.com/kazakhstan/almaty/taldykorgan.htm retrieved 2007-07-27
  3. ↑ Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям, городам и районам, полу и отдельным возрастным группам, отдельным этносам на начало 2010 года
  4. ↑ Национальный состав населения Казахстана по переписи 2009
  5. ↑ http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/countries/kz/121815.html retrieved 2007-07-27
  6. ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/match/super-league/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/fc-irtysh-pavlodar/450289/ retrieved2007-07-27

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