Komsomol'skoe, Kazakhstan

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Komsomol'skoe
Town
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Komsomol'skoe
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 50°25′43″N60°30′20″E / 50.42861°N 60.50556°E / 50.42861; 60.50556 Coordinates: 50°25′43″N60°30′20″E / 50.42861°N 60.50556°E / 50.42861; 60.50556
Country Kazakhstan
Region Aktobe Region
District Kobda District
Time zone Central Asia Time (UTC+5)

Komsomol'skoe or Komsomolskoye is a town in Kobda District in the Aktobe Region of western Kazakhstan. [1] It lies along the R-76 road which connects it to Taldysay in the west.

Kobda District District in Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan

Kobda is a district of Aktobe Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the aul of Kobda. Population: 19,453 ; 19,591 ; 27,636.

Aktobe Region Region in Kazakhstan

Aktobe Region is a region of Kazakhstan. The Aktobe regional capital is the city of Aktobe, with a population of more than 340,000. The region itself has a population 678,900. The name "Aktobe" comes from Kazakh "Ақ" (white) and "төбе" (hill); supposedly, Aktobe's initial settlers were able to see white mountains far to the north.

Kazakhstan transcontinental republic in Asia and Europe

Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi). It is a transcontinental country largely located in Asia; the most western parts are in Europe. Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.

References

  1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search) Accessed 12 May 2011.