Zhalanash
Sign in to savethumb|Ships left stranded in the desert in the bay of Zhalanash Zhalanash (, Jalanaş), is a village in south central Kazakhstan. Previously a fishing village on the Aral Sea, Zhalanash now lies several kilometers from its shores. In recent years, it had become a tourism location for its old harbor, where several ship hulls had been left standing in the desert by the retreating sea. As of 2017, these hulls have been dismantled for scrap metal and only the bottoms remain. The town's economy is focused around camel herding.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in KZ, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Aral Sea, Former ports and harbours and Populated places in Kyzylorda Region.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Population
- 681
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- 120111
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thumb|Ships left stranded in the desert in the bay of Zhalanash Zhalanash (, Jalanaş), is a village in south central Kazakhstan. Previously a fishing village on the Aral Sea, Zhalanash now lies several kilometers from its shores. In recent years, it had become a tourism location for its old harbor, where several ship hulls had been left standing in the desert by the retreating sea. As of 2017, these hulls have been dismantled for scrap metal and only the bottoms remain. The town's economy is focused around camel herding.
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