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.
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.