Kurmangazy, Atyrau Region

Kurmangazy
Құрманғазы
Qūrmanğazy
Mosque in Kurmangazy
Mosque in Kurmangazy
Kurmangazy is located in Kazakhstan
Kurmangazy
Kurmangazy
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 46°36′00″N 49°16′00″E / 46.60000°N 49.26667°E / 46.60000; 49.26667
CountryKazakhstan
RegionAtyrau Region
Elevation
−23 m (−75.5 ft)
Population
 • Total
13 400
 • Summer (DST)+5

Kurmangazy or Qūrmanğazy (Kazakh: Құрманғазы [qʊrmɑ́nʁɑzə́]), known before 2018 as Ganyushkin(o) (Kazakh: Ганюшкин; Russian: Ганюшкино), is the administrative center of the Kurmangazy District, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan. Kurmangazy is situated at 46°38'N, 49°08'E with an elevation of −23 m (−75 ft). Kurmangazy is in the west of Atyrau and close to the north shore of the Caspian Sea and the Kazakhstan–Russia border. It is in the area west of the Ural River and thus in the European part of Kazakhstan. Population: 12,750 (2009 Census results);[1] 12,419 (1999 Census results).[1] It was named after Kazakh composer Qūrmanğazy Sağyrbaev.

  1. ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.