Key facts
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Region
- Karaganda Region
- District
- Abay District
- Akim mayor
- Sabit Ospanov
- Total
- 25,550
- Time zone
- UTC+6 ( ALMT )
- Postal code
- 100100-100130
- Area code
- +7 331 31
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Шерубай-Нұра
- Demonym
- аба́евцы
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Abay Qalasy
- Population
- 33066
- Area
- 200
- Elevation
- 504
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Capital of
- Abay District
- Official website
- abay-akimat-karaganda.kz
- Image
- Аллеи в Абае.jpg
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- Commons category
- Abay city
- inception
- 1949-00-00
- postal code
- 100101
- topic's main category
- Category:Abay city
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Encyclopedic overview
Abay (Kazakh: Абай, Abai) is a town (since 1961) located in central Kazakhstan, and has served as the capital of Abay District in Karaganda Region since 2002. Population: 25,550 (2009 census results); 33,066 (1999 census results).
Abay was founded in 1949 as a coal mining settlement with the name Sherubay-Noora (Kazakh: Шерубай-Нұра, Şerubai-Nūra; Russian: Чурубай-Нура, Churubay-Nura). In 1961, it was renamed Abay, after Abay Qunanbayuli, a Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.