Alakol District Explained

Alakol
Settlement Type:District
Official Name:Алакөл ауданы
Mapsize:300px
Mapsize1:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Kazakhstan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Jetisu Region
Subdivision Type2:Administrative center
Subdivision Name2:Üşaral
Leader Title:Akim (mayor)
Leader Name:Abdinov Almas Sapargalievich[1]
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1928
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:23700
Population As Of:2013
Population Total:70427
Timezone:East
Utc Offset:+6

Alakol District (Kazakh: Алакөл ауданы, Kazakh: Alaköl audany) is a district of Jetisu Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Üşaral.[2] Population:

The Tunkuruz Hydroelectric Power Plant is located in the district.

Geography

The district is located in the Balkhash-Alakol Depression. Parts of its eastern border (where the district borders on East Kazakhstan Region) run through the chain of lakes - Lakes Sasykkol, Koshkarkol, Alakol, and Zhalanashkol. There are no major rivers in the district; the fairly small Tentek River, which flows toward Lake Sasykkol, but reaches it only intermittently, is the largest one.

References

44.23°N 76.85°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Акимат Алакольского района. www.gov.kz.
  2. Web site: www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages . 2008-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170443/http://www.geonames.de/coukz-sub.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .