Маsanchi (; ) is a predominantly

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village in the

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of the Jambyl Province in

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, located near the

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with

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. It is approximately 45 km southeast of the village of

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, and approximately 130 km southwest of the city of

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. The village is mainly inhabited by

Dungan people Dungan, , Xiao'erjing: ; , ''Dungane''; , ''Duñgandar'', دۇنغاندار; , ''Düñgender'', دٷڭگەندەر is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer to a group of Muslim people of Hui origin. Turkic-speaking pe ...

, a people of

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(

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) origin.

Names

Town was originally called Karakunuz (, sometimes Караконыз or Караконуз), which means "black beetle" in

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. The Dungans themselves used to refer to Karakunuz as Ingpan (; ; ), which is an archaic word in

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for "military camp." From 1903 to 1918, the town was briefly renamed Nikolaevka after Tsar

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. In 1965, Karakunuz was renamed ''Masanchi'' (sometimes spelt as "Masanchin"), after

Magaza Masanchi Magaza Masanchi (27 July 1886 – 3 March 1938; ) or Ma Sanqi ( zh, 馬三奇) was a Dungan communist revolutionary commander and Statesman in the Soviet Union. He participated in the Russian Revolution on the Bolshevik side. Karakunuz in Kazak ...

or Masanchin (Dungan: Магәзы Масанчын; ), a Dungan participant in the

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and a Soviet Kazakhstan statesman.

Demographics

According to the 2009 Census, the village of Masanchi had a population of 13,606 people, and the administrative district governing the village had a population of 14,502. Archived at https://www.webcitation.org/6HNO4sHcM?url=http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/DocLib1/Население%20рус%201%20том.pdf The 1999 Census reported populations of 8,926 and 9,608, respectively. Of the 13,606 people in the village, 6,914 people were reported as men, and 6,692 were reported as women.

Ethnic conflict

On 5 February 2020, a conflict between

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and

Dungans Dungan, , Xiao'erjing: ; , ''Dungane''; , ''Duñgandar'', دۇنغاندار; , ''Düñgender'', دٷڭگەندەر is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer to a group of Muslims, Muslim people of Hui people, Hui origin ...

broke out over the alleged beating of an elderly Kazakh man by a Dungan man. The subsequent clashes have reportedly killed 11 Dungan, caused the arrest of 47 more, and resulted in damage to local properties.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Jambyl Region Cities and towns in Kazakhstan