Kälpe (, ''Kälpe'') is a village in Karatal District,

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History

Standing on land originally belonging to the

Jalair Jalair (; ; ), also Djalair, Yyalair, Jalayir, is one of the Darliqin Mongol tribes according to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani's ''Jami' al-tawarikh''.They lived along the Orkhon River in modern day Central Mongolia.History of Mongolia, Volume II, 2003 ...

tribe, the village was built as the

Turkestan–Siberia Railway The Turkestan–Siberian Railway (commonly abbreviated as the ''Turk–Sib'', , , ; ) is a Russian gauge, broad gauge railway that connects Central Asia with Siberia. It starts north of Tashkent in Uzbekistan at Arys, Kazakhstan, Arys, where it ...

was being constructed. Located near the birthplace of Jolbarys biy, Kälpe became the sight of a Jolbarys biy Mausoleum in 1996.

Population

According to the 2009 Kazakh population census, the village's population was 1,786 people.2009 жылғы Қазақстан Республикасы халқының Ұлттық санағының қорытындылары. Астана 2011. 1 том
The 2021 census showed this number reduced to 1,486 people.

References

{{Kazakhstan-stub Populated places in Jetisu Region 1931 establishments in the Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic