Abay (, ''Abai'') is a town (since 1961) located in central
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
, and has served as the
capital
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Econom ...
of
Abay District in
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda. The region borders Akmola and Pavlodar Region to the north, Abai Region to the east, Jetisu, Almaty, and Zhambyl Regions to the south, and Kostanay and Ulytau regio ...
since 2002. Population:
Abay was founded in 1949 as a
coal mining
Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...
settlement with the name Sherubay-Noora (, ''Şerubai-Nūra''; , ''Churubay-Nura''). In 1961, it was renamed ''Abay'', after
Abay Qunanbayuli
Abai Qūnanbaiūly () was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam.
Early life and education
Abai was born in K ...
, a
Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher.
Sport
In 2014 a team from Abay participated in the national championships in
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.
The playin ...
for junior players born in 1996 and younger.
References
Populated places in Karaganda Region
Populated places established in 1949
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