| Official Name: | Baikonur |
| Native Name: | |
| Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan#Asia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kazakhstan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name: |  Kazakhstan |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ulytau Region |
| Population As Of: | 2009 |
| Population Total: | 427 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | UTC+6 |
| Utc Offset: | +6 |
| Coordinates: | 47.8231°N 66.0472°W |
Baikonur is a small mining town in central Kazakhstan near Jezkazgan. Coal mining began in 1914.
In 1961, the name was appropriated for the Baikonur Cosmodrome about 320 kilometres southwest of the older mining town; some sources state this was done in order to keep the actual location of the cosmodrome secret.[1] [2] Leninsk, the town built to support the cosmodrome, was renamed Baikonur in 1995 after the fall of the Soviet Union.
River Baikonur flows by the village.[3]
