Official Name: | Akkaynar |
Native Name: | Аққайнар |
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: | Zhambyl District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 2754 |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 43.1667°N 76.0394°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 040602 |
Area Code: | 72770 |
Akkaynar (Kazakh: Аққайнар, Aqqainar), formerly Prudki, is an agricultural village in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. It is located approximately 40 kilometres west of Kaskelen, not far from the border with Kyrgyzstan. There are petroglyphs in the lower parts of the namesake river valley, discovered in 2001 C.E. by J. Abubekerov and R. Sala.