Katonkaragay District

49°12′41″N 84°30′50″E / 49.2113°N 84.5138°E / 49.2113; 84.5138Country KazakhstanRegionEast Kazakhstan RegionAdministrative centerKatonkaragayFounded1928Government • AkimCalican Dildar Kalikanovich^[1]Area • Total13,167 km² (5,084 sq mi)Population • Total28,008Time zoneUTC+6 (East)

Saka kurgans[3]
Salbyk Arzhan Pazyryk Issyk Boralday Taksai Eleke Sazy Tasmola Ingala Tillya Tepe
Arzhan-1 c. 800 BCE Shilikty c. 700 BCE Arzhan-2 c. 650 BCE Bes Shatyr c. 550 BCE Taksai c. 500 BCE Ingala c. 500 BCE Tasmola 7th-5th centuries BCE Boralday c. 600-400 BCE Salbyk c. 600-400 BCE Eleke Sazy c. 600-400 BCE Berel-1 c. 350 BCE Pazyryk-1,2 c. 300 BCE Berel-11 c. 300 BCE Issyk c. 400-200 BCE Tillya Tepe 1st century BCE
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Katonkaragay, also spelled Katon-Karagay (Kazakh: Қатонқарағай ауданы, romanized: Qatonqarağai audany) is a district of East Kazakhstan Region in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Katonkaragay.^[4] It is the easternmost district in Kazakhstan. Population: 28,008 (2013 estimate);^[2] 30,056 (2009 Census results);^[5] 45,149 (1999 Census results).^[5]

Berel burial mound

Near the selo of Berel (49°22′24″N 86°26′17″E / 49.3732082°N 86.4380264°E / 49.3732082; 86.4380264 (Berel)^[6]) excavations of ancient burial mounds have revealed artefacts the sophistication of which are encouraging a revaluation of the nomadic cultures of the 3rd and 4th centuries BC.^[7]

References

External links

• Official Government Site of Katon-Karagay