Kurshim, also Kurchum or Kurchim (, ''Kürşım'') is a
selo and administrative center of
Kurshim District of
East Kazakhstan Region
East Kazakhstan Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, and includes parts of the Irtysh River, Lake Markakol, and Lake Zaysan. Its administrative center is Öskemen (also known as Ust'-Kamenogorsk ...
,
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 ...
. Population:
The
Kurchum River flows past the town and
Lake Zaysan
Lake Zaysan or Zaisan, also known by other names in other languages, is a freshwater lake in Tarbagatay District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. It is the largest lake in the region. The lake is generally frozen from the beginning of Nove ...
lies to the south.
The town lies on the road between the villages of
Altyn Kala to the north-west and
Surulen to the east; this road connects with the
M38 road in the southeast which leads to
Jeminay across the Chinese border in
Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
. The town is served by a small airport,
Kurchum Airport, and
Antonov An-2
The Antonov An-2 (USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet Union, Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau beginning in 1947. I ...
biplanes fly in and out of the airport.
In late 1989 or early 1990 the town was affected by an earthquake which destroyed the Kurchum Hospital,
amongst other buildings. The landscape around the town is dominated by estuarine plains.
Climate
References
Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region
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