Karatau, Kazakhstan

Karatau, Kazakhstan

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Karatau ( _kz. Қаратау) is a administrative center in the Talas Region located in the Zhambyl Province in the south of Kazakhstan. It has an estimated population of roughly 30,000. [cite web
url=http://www.amerasianworld.com/karatau.php
title=AmerasianWorld.com's Karatau, Kazakhstan
publisher=Kevin Miller, Jr.
accessdate=2007-07-07 ] . The largest city from Karatau, Taraz, is approximately 100 km to the southwest.

Name

The name "Karatau" means "Black Mountain" in the Kazakh language. Karatau was named after the Karatau Mountain range which it is located next to.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.amerasianworld.com/karatau.php AmerasianWorld.com's Karatau, Kazakhstan, (Black Mountain)] [English]
* [http://www.karatau.ru/ Karatay Malenkii Gorod Boshix Nadezhd] [Russian]


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