Balqash (Kazakhstan)
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Name (Hebrew)
בלקש (קזחסטן)
Name (Latin)
Balqash (Kazakhstan)
Other forms of name
Balkash (Kazakhstan)
Balkhash (Kazakhstan)
Pribalkhash (Kazakhstan)
Pribalshashstroĭ (Kazakhstan)
Pribalkhashstroy (Kazakhstan)
Coordinates
75 75 46.85 46.85 (gooearth )
Associated country
Kazakhstan
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Soviet Union. Sovetskai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡. Generalʹnyĭ shtab. Balkhash (L-43-42, 43), 1990.
- GEOnet, 25 July 2001(Balqash [Kazakh], Balkhash [Russian], PPL, 46p0s50ʹ53ʺN 74p0s59ʹ42ʺE, Kazakhstan; variants: Pribalkhashstroy, Pribalkhash)
- Col. gaz. world, 1998(Balkash, city, Zhezkazgan region, Kazakhstan, 46p0s50ʹN 74p0s57ʹE, also sp. Balkhash, Balqash)
Wikipedia description:
Balkhash (Russian: Балхаш, IPA: [bɐɫˈxaʂ]) or Balqash (, UK also ; Kazakh: Balqaş / Балқаш [bɑʟ̠ˈqɑʃ]) is a city in Kazakhstan, located on the northern shore of Lake Balkhash, on the Bay Bertys, and in the south of the Kazakh Uplands. The population of the city is 68,833 (2009 Census results); 65,431 (1999 Census results). Balkhash was founded in 1937 as an industrial city centred on the mining and smelting of copper, which is still being exploited in the area. The city lies approximately 500 km west of the Chinese border, on the north side of the lake at an altitude of 440 m.
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