Esik ( kz, Есік (''Esık''), also spelled ''Issyk'', ''Yesik'' and ''Yesyk'') is a town in Almaty Region of

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, the administrative center of

Enbekshikazakh District Enbekshikazakh District ( kk, Еңбекшіқазақ ауданы, ) is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Esik. Population: Geography The south, and east parts of district ...

. It is located on the Issyk River, at the foot of the

Tian Shan The Tian Shan,, , otk, 𐰴𐰣 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, , tr, Tanrı Dağı, mn, Тэнгэр уул, , ug, تەڭرىتاغ, , , kk, Тәңіртауы / Алатау, , , ky, Теңир-Тоо / Ала-Тоо, , , uz, Tyan-Shan / Tangritog‘ ...

, 53 km east of Almaty and 112 km over the

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...

s from

Issyk Kul Lake Issyk-Kul (also Ysyk-Köl, ky, Ысык-Көл, lit=warm lake, translit=Ysyk-Köl, , zh, 伊塞克湖) is an endorheic lake (i.e., without outflow) in the Northern Tian Shan mountains in Eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the seventh-deepest lake in th ...

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: It was founded by Cossacks in 1858 as

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...

Nadezhdinskaya. The

Issyk kurgan The Issyk kurgan, in south-eastern Kazakhstan, less than 20 km east from the Talgar alluvial fan, near Issyk, is a burial mound discovered in 1969. It has a height of six meters and a circumference of sixty meters. It is dated to the 4th ...

of the famous "Golden Man" is nearby. The nearby Issyk Lake (not to be confused with the much greater

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) is mostly famous for the way it was created (as a result of an ancient natural landslide damming a valley), destroyed (another natural landslide destroying that dam in 1963, with a subsequent damage to the city of Esik as well), and re-created (with human help).

Enterprises

There are large enterprises such as "Koktem", "Esik Wine Factory", "Dionys", "Eles", " FoodMaster","Gold Produkt". In addition, construction, transport, etc. institutions and small industrial enterprises.

Notes

Populated places in Almaty Region Populated places established in 1858 1858 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Almaty-geo-stub