Bakanas ( kk, Бақанас, ''Baqanas'') is a village in Kazakhstan, the regional center of
Balkhash district
Balkhash District ( kk, Балқаш ауданы, ) is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Bakanas. Population:
Geography
Balkhash region is located in the northwestern part ...
of
Almaty region
Almaty Region ( kk, Алматы облысы, Almaty oblysy; russian: Алматинская область, Almatinskaya oblast) is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the ...
. The administrative center of the Bakanas rural district. The Bakanas is the final pier on the banks of the
Ili river
The Ili ( ug, ئىلى دەرياسى, Ili deryasi, Ili dəryasi, 6=Или Дәряси; kk, Ile, ; russian: Или; zh, c=伊犁河, p=Yīlí Hé, dng, Йили хә, Xiao'erjing: اِلِ حْ; mn, Ил, literally "Bareness") is a river si ...
. To the North of Bakanas began the ancient delta of the Ili - Bakanas river of the same name. Now it is the territory of the Saryesik - Atyrau desert. At the village begins the world's northernmost massif - Akdalinsk, laid out in the 1970s.
The Bakanas canal irrigates rice fields.
The Bakanas village is a popular destination for fishermen, hunters, and archaeologists who study the ancient settlements of the Ili Delta — Aktam and Karamergen.
The Bakanas has a branch of the Institute of botany and Phytointroduction, a Botanical garden.
Museum
The local history museum opened based on the decision of the Akim of Almaty region in 2003. The museum's collection contains 1,804 items of significance. The museum exhibits materials of heroes of labor and war, personal belongings of D.A. Kunaev, items of flora and fauna and the history of the district.
Source and links
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References
Populated places in Almaty Region
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