Botai | |
Native Name: | Ботай |
Native Name Lang: | kk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Kazakhstan |
Coordinates: | 53.303°N 67.645°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | North Kazakhstan Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Aiyrtau District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 84 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Botai (kk|Ботай, Botai) is a village in Aiyrtau District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. Its KATO code is 593246200.[1]
The village gives its name to a nearby archaeological site, the type site of the Botai culture, which dates to the Eneolithic period (3500 BCE) and has produced some of the earliest evidence for the domestication of the horse.[2]