Alakol District

Alakol
District
Алакөл ауданы
CountryKazakhstan
RegionJetisu Region
Administrative centerÜşaral
Founded1928
Government
 • Akim (mayor)Abdinov Almas Sapargalievich[1]
Area
 • Total9,200 sq mi (23,700 km2)
Population
 (2013)[2]
 • Total70,427
Time zoneUTC+6 (East)

Alakol District (Kazakh: Алакөл ауданы, Alaköl audany) is a district of Jetisu Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Üşaral.[3] Population: 70,427 (2013 estimate);[2] 69,398 (2009 Census results);[4] 79,773 (1999 Census results).[4]

The Tunkuruz Hydroelectric Power Plant is located in the district.

  1. ^ "Акимат Алакольского района". www.gov.kz.
  2. ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ^ "www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  4. ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.