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Country
  
Kazakhstan

Founded
  
1868

Elevation
  
600 m (2,000 ft)

Area
  
100 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 2:40 AM

Number of airports
  
1

Region
  
Almaty Region

City status
  
1944

Time zone
  
East (UTC+6)

Population
  
116,558 (2009)

Area code
  
72822

Team
  
FC Zhetysu

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Weather
  
1°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 91% Humidity

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Taldykorgan (Kazakh: Талдықорған, Taldıqorğan), formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan (Russian: Талды-Курган, Taldy-Kurgan) until 1993, is the administrative center of Almaty Region, Kazakhstan. Population: 123,038 (2009 Census results); 97,996 (1999 Census results). Most of the people are Kazakhs.

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Map of Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan

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Education

Taldykorgan has a diverse educational system, including a university, institutes, institutions, technical training colleges, secondary schools and kindergartens. There are 27 public health facilities, a theater, amusement parks, libraries, a city cinema, stadium, sports complex and swimming pools. All of the facilities have not been maintained since the USSR era.

Demographics

The ethnic composition of Taldykorgan according to a 2010 census was thus:

  • Kazakhs - 93,156 people (64.96%)
  • Russians - 36,532 people (25.47%)
  • Koreans - 5,172 people (3.61%)
  • Tatars - 2,783 people (1.94%)
  • Germans - 1,581 people (1.10%)
  • Ukrainians - 1,071 people (0.75%)
  • Uyghurs - 962 people (0.67%)
  • Chechens - 354 people (0.25%)
  • Uzbeks - 302 people (0.21%)
  • Belarusians - 177 people (0.12%)
  • Azerbaijanis - 130 people (0.09%)
  • Poles - 123 people (0.09%)
  • Kyrgyz - 102 people (0.07%)
  • Other - 962 people (0.67%)
  • Transport

    Taldykorgan Airport services a number Kazakh and Russian cities, while its train station services from 30 km from Taldykorgan Central Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Russia, Baltic States and the People's Republic of China.

    Sport

    The city has a football club, FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan.

    Notable residents

  • Andrei Kivilev (1973 - 2003) - professional bicycle racer.
  • Sergey Vodopyanov (born 1987) - Russian amateur boxer, winner gold in bantamweight Class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
  • Alibek Buleshev(born 1981) - Kazakhstanian football forward.
  • Mirat Sarsembayev (born 1986) - amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
  • Victor Sydorenko (born 1953) - painter, curator, teacher, an author of objects and photocompositions and also scientific and publicistic texts, member and the vice-president of Ukrainian Academy of Arts.
  • Marian Handwerker (born 1944) film director born in Taldykurgan
  • Sister cities

  • Antalya, Turkey.
  • Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • References

    Taldykorgan Wikipedia