Akmol

Akmol (, Aqmol), formerly Malīnovka until 2007, is a rural locality (selo) and the administrative center of Tselinograd District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan, roughly west of Astana. Population: As of 2012, it had a population of 5769 people. As of 2015, Zhanat Beisekeyev is the local akim (mayor).

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Akmol
Settlement.native_name: Ақмол
Settlement.image_skyline: Арка_скорби_в_селе_Акмол.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ķajġylary arch
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Kazakhstan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kazakhstan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Akmola Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tselinograd District
Settlement.leader_title: Akim
Settlement.leader_name: Malgazhdar Tatkeev
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1938
Settlement.population_as_of: 2012
Settlement.population_total: 5769
Settlement.timezone: UTC+6

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Population: 5769
Image: Арка скорби в селе Акмол.jpg

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Commons category: Aqmol
postal code: 021800
inception: 1938-00-00
time of earliest written record: 1938-00-00

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==Geography== The village is located on the bank of Lake Zhalanash, on the paved road which connects Astana and Korgalzhyn. Zhanazhol (5.4 km) and Rodionovka (5.7 km) are nearby. The closest railway station is in Astana. Akmol is east of the Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve, part of the UNESCO heritage site Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan.