Official Name: | Satbayev |
Native Name: | ساتباەۆ Sátbaev Сәтбаев |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
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 |
Leader Title: | Akim (mayor) |
Leader Name: | Murat Buribayev[1] |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 60,105 |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 47.9°N 67.5333°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 101300 |
Area Code: | +7 1063 |
Satbayev (Сәтбаев, ساتباەۆ|translit=Sätbaev), until 1990 Nikolsky, is a city in Kazakhstan's Ulytau Region. The city is named after Kanysh Satbayev, one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny, principal advocate and the first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences. As of 2019, the city had a population of 69,782.[2]
The city was originally established in 1954 for miners from Jezkazgan. Later, in 1956, it was renamed to Nikolsky. In 1973, Nikolsky received town status. The city got its status by huge exploration work initiated by Kanysh Imantayevich Satpayev, it was given the name Satpayev after him on September 13, 1990. Satbayev is the center of the mining industry.
Passenger-train service is provided on the train line between Almaty and Zhezkazgan, a city some twenty kilometers away.
Air traffic is served by the nearby Zhezkazgan Airport.