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Zhezkazgan
Jezqazğan Жезқазған | |
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  Zhezkazgan Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 47°47′0″N 67°42′0″E / 47.78333°N 67.70000°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Ulytau Region |
| Founded | 1938 |
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| • Akim (mayor) | Shayjanov Kairat Abdullayevich[1] |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
• City | 86,227 |
| • Urban | 90,661 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Postal code | 200000 |
| Area code | +7 7102 |
| Website | http://www.jezkazgan.kz |
Zhezkazgan, or Jezkazgan (Kazakh: Жезқазған, romanized: Jezqazğan ()) is a city and the administrative centre of Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan. Population: 86,227 (2009 Census results);[2] 90,001 (1999 Census results).[2] Its urban area includes the neighbouring mining town of Satpayev, for a total city population of 148,700.
55% of Jezkazgan's population are Kazakhs and 30% Russians, with smaller minorities of Ukrainians, Germans, Chechens and Koreans.
- ^ "Кайрат Шайжанов стал акимом Жезказгана". www.zakon.kz. 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.