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14-648: Balkhash City is located less than 70 kilometers (43 mi) to the south of the range and the M36 Highway passes to the west of it. The range is part of the Bektauata State Zoological Nature Sanctuary , a IUCN Category IV protected area . There is a campsite in one of the valleys of the range. The Bektauata burial ground is an early Iron Age archaeological site, belonging to the Tasmola culture . A gold earring with

28-541: A fixed cone-shaped pendant decorated with granulation was found in one of the ancient mounds. Bektauata is a small rocky range of moderate altitude located at the southern end of the Kazakh Upland system (Saryarka). The dry alluvial plain at the mouth of the Tokrau river lies to the east of the range. The nearest airport is Balkhash Airport . There are rock formations , caves and rock pools in different spots of

42-455: Is a cast-iron , coal-burning or wood-burning stove that is cylindrical with a bulge in the middle. The name is derived from the resemblance of the stove to a fat person's pot belly . Potbelly stoves were used to heat large rooms and were often found in train stations or one-room schoolhouses . The flat top of the stove allows for cooking food or heating water. This article about energy , its collection, its distribution, or its uses

56-607: Is a city in Kazakhstan , located on the northern shore of Lake Balkhash , on the Bay Bertys, and in the south of the Kazakh Uplands . The population of the city is 68,833 (2009 Census results); 65,431 (1999 Census results). Balkhash was founded in 1937 as an industrial city centred on the mining and smelting of copper , and copper is still being exploited in the area. The city lies approximately 500 km west of

70-431: Is almost no vegetation on the slopes of the range, which are bare and rocky. In the valleys and by some of the rockpools there is tree growth, including aspen and willow , as well as shrubs. Balkhash City Balkhash (Russian: Балхаш , IPA: [bɐɫˈxaʂ] ) or Balqash ( / b ɑː l ˈ k ɑː ʃ / , UK also / b æ l ˈ k æ ʃ / ; Kazakh : Balqaş / Балқаш [bɑʟ̠ˈqɑʃ] )

84-554: The Bektauata area. The largest cave is 48 meters (157 ft) in length. The inner part of the cave is full of water to a depth of 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in). The highest point of the Bektauata is a 1,213 meters (3,980 ft) high summit named after the range. Other important peaks are Sarykulzha —1,082 meters (3,550 ft), two-peaked Konyrkulzha —976 meters (3,202 ft) (western summit), Karashoky —893 meters (2,930 ft) and Zhaltas —824 meters (2,703 ft). There

98-605: The Chinese border, on the north side of the lake at an altitude of 440 m. On 11 April 1937, a small worker's settlement "Pribalhashstroy", designed in connection with the construction of a copper factory - BGMC , was transformed into the city of Balkhash by decision of the Central Executive Committee of the Kazakh SSR. In this way, the copper factory affected the city's appearance. On 9 November 1932,

112-435: The city of Balkhash was transferred from Dzhezkazgan Region to Qarağandy Region due to a boundary change. The combined population of the city and its urban area is 75,453 people (2010). The ethnic composition on 1 January 2010 was: In recent years, the number of Russian speakers is dramatically declining, but this is more than compensated by an influx of Kazakhs, who come mostly from rural areas, resulting in growth of

126-470: The city's population after the substantial decline in the 1990s. Balkhash has a cool semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification BSk ) bordering on a cool arid climate ( BWk ) with very warm summers and frigid winters. Precipitation is low throughout the year. Snow is common, though light, in winter. The lowest temperature on record is −41.2 °C (−42.2 °F), recorded in December 1938, and

140-632: The college started to function normally. Due to the appointment of former Mayor Kadyrzhan Teylyanova as Chairman of the Committee of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan , Nurlan Erikbaevich Aubakirov (born 29.12.1975) has been the mayor of Balkhash since 29 May 2012. Balkhash's city government also administers the urban-type settlements of Sayak (3669 people), Gulshat and Chubar-Tubek (625 people). In May 1997,

154-408: The copper factory. Some people cooked on fires in their yards; in winter they heated their apartments with potbelly stoves . Summer cottages served as an additional source of foodstuffs, contributing to the populace's survival. In the late 1990s, the city's and country's economies stabilised. A new neighborhood was built in the city, the so-called "Canadian cottages". All schools, medical facilities and

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168-535: The first school was established in the city - school No. 1. The school educated a few children of the builders of the city that time. Among these children was Maria Nicolaevna Guseva (Halova). This school became a matter of her life: firstly she was one of the first pupils. Later, she became a teacher. In 1935, a section for parachuting was opened. Its first director was Dyusembayev. During the Great Patriotic War (Russian term for World War II ), most of

182-655: The highest temperature is 40.9 °C (105.6 °F), recorded in July 2005. Previously, this position was held by Alexander Agliulin. He voluntarily went to the post of akim of Balkhash town. "Erlan Koshanov presented the new head of the city . It was the Taurbekov Oraz . Prior to the appointment, he headed the Department of economy , " - said the press Secretary of the akim of the region Marina Shapovalova on Facebook. Potbelly stove A potbelly stove

196-575: The male population was conscripted into the military service and women replaced them in the copper factory. After World War II, Japanese war prisoners took part in the building of the city. In particular, they built buildings, the "Palace of Metallurgists" and the local airport. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, between 1992 and 1996, the city and its residents, like most former Soviet citizens, experienced an acute crisis, including power outages, weak central heating and intermittent operation of

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