Koyandy () is a settlement in

Karkaraly District Karkaraly District (, ) is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Karkaraly. As of 2019, the district is home to a population of 36,025 people. Geography Karasor, an endorheic ...

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 ...

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. It is the administrative center and only settlement of the Koyandy rural district (KATO code - 354871100). Population: The

Koyandy Fair The Koyandy Fair () was a large annual trade fair held every June from 1848 to 1930 in the Karkaraly region of Kazakhstan on the caravan route from Central Asia to Siberia. Koyandy is located west of modern-day Yegindybulak, near lake Karasor. Or ...

was held in the village until 1930.

Population

In 1999, the population of the village was 798 people (410 men and 388 women). According to the 2009 census, 479 people lived in the village (270 men and 209 women).

Geography

Koyandy lies by the left bank of the

Taldy The Taldy () is a river in Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It is long. The Taldy is the main river of the Karasor Basin. It freezes between November and April. The main settlements near its banks are Koyandy, Burkitti (Taldin ...

river in the

Kazakh Uplands The Kazakh Uplands or the Kazakh Hummocks, known in Kazakh as the ( , ; ), is a large peneplain formation extending throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan.

about to the north of the district capital

Karkaraly Karkaraly (, ''Qarqaraly'') (, ''Karkaralinsk''), also known as Karkaralinsk, is the capital of the Karkaraly District in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan. Permanent settlement in the area began as a Cossack settlement, which evolved into a ...

. Lake

Karasor Karasor (; ),
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lies to the west.

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References

Populated places in Karaganda Region {{KaragandaRegion-geo-stub