Official Name: | Kengir |
Native Name: | Кеңгір |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Name1: | Karaganda Region |
Established Title: | Founded |
Settlement Type: | village |
Timezone Dst: | UTC+6 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 47.8403°N 67.6153°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Kengir (kk|Кеңгір, Keñgır) is a village in central Kazakhstan. During the Soviet era, a prison labor camp of the Steplag division of Gulag in Kazakhstan was set up adjacent to it. The camp, which was situated near the central-Kazakhstan city of Dzhezkazgan, near the Kara-Kengir River, and held approximately 5,200[1] prisoners, was the scene of a notable prisoner uprising in the summer of 1954. After the camp was closed, a large automotive depot was placed there.