Otar
Отар
View of the Otar Military Base in 2017
View of the Otar Military Base in 2017
Otar is located in Kazakhstan
Otar
Otar
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43°32′15″N 75°12′32″E / 43.53750°N 75.20889°E / 43.53750; 75.20889
CountryKazakhstan
RegionZhambyl Region
DistrictKorday District
Population
 (2009)
 • Total4,540
Time zoneUTC+6 (Omsk Time)
Postcode
040306

Otar (Kazakh: Отар) is a village in the Zhambyl Region, south-eastern Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Otar rural district (KATO code - 314851100).[1] Population: 4,540 (2009 Census results);[2] 4,355 (1999 Census results).[2][3]

Geography

Otar is located just west of the border with the Almaty Region by the southern end of the Chu-Ili Range. 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) to the east of the village lies the Otar Military Base.[4][5]

History

During World War II, in 1942, the 1st Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Anders' Army was stationed and organized in Otar, before it was evacuated from Kazakhstan to fight against Nazi Germany.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "База КАТО". Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
  2. 1 2 "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Итоги Национальной переписи населения Республики Казахстан 2009 года" (PDF). Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-27.
  4. ↑ "M-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Google Earth.
  6. ↑ "Tworzenie Armii Polskiej w ZSRS w 1941–1942" (PDF). Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). Retrieved 9 December 2023.


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