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Also known as Kurchum, Kumashkino

Kurshim, also Kurchum or Kurchim (, Kürşım) is a selo and administrative center of Kurshim District of East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. Population:

Key facts

Settlement.name
Kurshim
Settlement.pushpin_map
Kazakhstan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
280
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
East Kazakhstan
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kurshim
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2009
Settlement.population_total
8,490
Settlement.timezone
+6
Settlement.utc_offset
+6

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Climate
  • References

Kurshim, also Kurchum or Kurchim (, Kürşım) is a selo and administrative center of Kurshim District of East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. Population:

The Kurchum River flows past the town and Lake Zaysan lies to the south. The town lies on the road between the villages of Altyn Kala to the north-west and Surulen to the east; this road connects with the M38 road in the southeast which leads to Jeminay across the Chinese border in Xinjiang. The town is served by a small airport, Kurchum Airport, and Antonov An-2 biplanes fly in and out of the airport. In late 1989 or early 1990 the town was affected by an earthquake which destroyed the Kurchum Hospital, amongst other buildings. The landscape around the town is dominated by estuarine plains.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurshim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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