Saryarqa District Сарыарқа Ауданы | |
Settlement Type: | District of Astana |
Area Total Ha: | 19,202 |
Population: | 339,286 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Astana |
Leader Title: | Local mayor |
Leader Name: | Bauyrzhan Yeraly[1] |
Blank Name Sec1: | District number |
Blank Info Sec1: | 3 |
Website: | Official website |
Saryarqa District (kk|Сарыарқа Ауданы, Kazakh: Saryarqa audany; ru|Район Сарыарка), is an administrative subdivision of the city of Astana, Kazakhstan.
Until March 16, 2018, the area of the district was 196.62 km2,[2] [3] the territory of the district included interstitial plots, one of them had (according to the land cadastre) an area of 384.6 hectares[4] and was located in the Koyandy tract to the west of the dacha massif (at that time the interstitial section of the Almaty district of Astana (at that time Astana), lying between highway Astana-Yerementau and the Koyandy reservoir.
On February 7, 2018, a 460-hectare cross-strip plot intended for the placement of the city cemetery was transferred to the district from the territory of the Tselinograd district of Akmola Region.[5]
On March 16, 2018, most of the district 's territory was transferred to the newly formed Baikonur district and reduced to 67.75 km2.[6]