Official Name: | Abay |
Native Name: | Абай |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Almaty Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Karasay District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 10439 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 43.2092°N 76.7603°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 040905 |
Area Code: | 72771 |
Abay (kk|Абай, Abai) is a village in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. During the Soviet era it was called Oktyabrskoye Desyatoye.
Abay is a suburb that lies south-west of Almaty and north-east of Karasay on the M33 highway.
The village relies on the Zhalpaksaiskoe Reservoir, located to the southeast of the village for its water supplies. Agricultural land lies to the north of the village between the M33 and to the south.