Official Name: | Mereke |
Other Name: | Мереке |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kostanay Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nauyrzym District |
Subdivision Type3: | Rural district |
Subdivision Name3: | Damdi Rural District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Note: | [1] |
Population Total: | 448 |
Timezone: | East Kazakhstan Time |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 50.8714°N 64.8242°W |
Postal Code: | 111404 |
Mereke (kk|Мереке; ru|Мереке), until 1993 known as Komsomolsky, is a village in Nauyrzym District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. It is part of the Damdi Rural District (KATO code - 395845100).[2]
Population: [3] Until 2013 Mereke was the administrative center of the now abolished Mereke Rural District.[4]
Mereke is located 97km (60miles) to the southeast of Karamendy, the district capital. It rises by the banks of river Ulken Damdi, the main tributary of the Saryozen. Now abandoned Karasu village was located 22km (14miles) to the southwest, by lake Ulken Koskopa.[5] [6]