Zhalanash Explained

Official Name:Zhalanash
Native Name:Жаланаш
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:280
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates:46.6564°N 61.1272°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Kazakhstan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Kyzylorda Region
Population Total:700[1]
Timezone:ALMT
Utc Offset:+6

Zhalanash (Жаланаш, Jalanaş), is a village in south central Kazakhstan. Previously a fishing village on the Aral Sea, Zhalanash now lies several kilometers from its shores. In recent years, it had become a tourism location for its old harbor, where several ship hulls had been left standing in the desert by the retreating sea. As of 2017, these hulls have been dismantled for scrap metal and only the bottoms remain. The town's economy is focused around camel herding.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death and re-birth of a lake: How water came back to the dry Aral Sea . 14 July 2017 . New Internationalist . 21 September 2017 .
  2. Web site: Zhalanash 'Ship Cemetery' . 2017 . Eurasia.Travel . 21 September 2017 .
  3. Book: Brumell, Paul . 2011 . Kazakhstan . Chalfont St Peter. . 357–358 . 9781841623696 .