Zhanaozen

Zhanaozen
Jañaözen / Жаңаөзен (Kazakh)
Жанаозен (Russian)
Town
Official seal of Zhanaozen
Seal
Nickname: 
Town of oil industry workers
Zhanaozen is located in Kazakhstan
Zhanaozen
Zhanaozen
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43°20′16″N 52°51′19″E / 43.33778°N 52.85528°E / 43.33778; 52.85528
CountryKazakhstan
RegionMangystau Region
Government
 • Akim (mayor)Zhanseit Kaynarbayev[1]
Area
 • Total516 km2 (199 sq mi)
Elevation
171 m (561 ft)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total147,962
 • Density290/km2 (740/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Kazakhs Russians and others
 • Religions
Islam and Orthodox Christianity
Time zoneUTC+5
Telephone code+72934
Microregions17
Websitewww.zhanaozen.gov.kz/kz

Zhanaozen or Janaozen (/ˌdʒɑːnəˈɒzən/; Kazakh: Jañaözen / Жаңаөзен [ʒɑˌŋɑɵˈzʲen]), formerly known as Novy Uzen (Russian: Новый Узень [ˈnovɨj ʊˈzʲen]) and known in English as New River City, is a city in the Mangystau Region of southwestern Kazakhstan located southeast of the city of Aktau. The name of the town means "new river" in Kazakh. Zhanaozen is a city of regional significance.[3] It is completely surrounded by the territory of Karakiya District, but administratively does not belong to the district.[4] It had a population of 147,962 in 2018;[5] the census population in 2009 was 113,014, and that in 1999 had been 63,337.[6]

  1. ^ "Назначен аким города Жанаозен" (in Russian). tengrinews.kz. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  3. ^ Жанаозен (in Russian). Nur.kz. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  4. ^ Об итогах рейтинга городов и районов Мангистауской области по динамике социально-экономического развития за 3 квартал 2011 года. Огни Мангистау (in Russian). Aktau. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. ^ Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  6. ^ Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan.