Founded 1949 Time zone ALMT (UTC+6) Area 200 km² Local time Tuesday 11:43 AM | Re-Named and Re-Classified as a "City" 1961 Postal code 100100-100130 Population 25,550 (1 Jan 2009) | |
Weather -3°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 83% Humidity Neighborhoods Microdistrict 2, Microdistrict 3, Microdistrict 4 | ||
Abay (Kazakh: Абай) is a town (since 1961) located in central Kazakhstan, and has served as the capital of Abay District in Karaganda Region since 2002. Population: 25,550 (2009 Census results); 33,066 (1999 Census results).
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Map of Abay 100000, Kazakhstan
Abay was founded in 1949 as a coal mining settlement with the name Sherubay-Noora (Kazakh: Шерубай-Нұра, Russian: Чурубай-Нура, Churubay-Nura). In 1961, it was renamed Abay, after Abay Qunanbayuli, a Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher.
Sport
In 2014 a team from Abay participated in the national championships in bandy for junior players born in 1996 and younger.[1]
References
Abay (town) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA