Syrym | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Official Name: | Сырым ауданы |
Native Name: | Сырым |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Mapsize1: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | West Kazakhstan Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Zhympity |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | 20652 |
Timezone: | West |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Syrym (Kazakh: Сырым ауданы, Kazakh: Syrym audany) is a district of West Kazakhstan Region in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the auyl of Zhympity.[1] Population:
It was formed as the Dzhambeytinsky district. In 1992, it was renamed Syrymsky district in honor of batyr Syrym Datov.[2]
Syrym District lies in a flat area north of the Caspian Depression. The Buldyrty (Бұлдырты) and Olenti rivers flow across the territory of the district.[3] [4]