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]