Akkaynar ( kk, Аққайнар, ''Aqqainar''), formerly Prudki, is an agricultural village in
Almaty Region of south-eastern
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. It is located approximately 40 kilometres west of
Kaskelen, not far from the border with
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...
. There are
petroglyphs
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
in the lower parts of the namesake river valley, discovered in 2001 C.E. by J. Abubekerov and R. Sala.
External links
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Populated places in Almaty Region
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