Maykapshagay (Kazakh: Майкапшагай, ''Maikapşagai'') is a
Kazakh border post
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along the
international border
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with
China
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. It is located in the
Zaysan District
Zaisan (, ) is a district of East Kazakhstan Region in eastern 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 bo ...
of
East Kazakhstan Region
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across from the Chinese town of
Jeminay
Jeminay County or Jimunai County, is a county situated in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Altay Prefecture.
A road border crossing into Kazakhstan is located in Jeminay town. The Kazakh se ...
in the far northern part of
Xinjiang
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.
Maykapshagay is notable for being the terminus of
European route E127
European route E127 is a Class A north-south reference European route that connects Western Siberia with eastern Kazakhstan, spanning .
Itinerary
The E127 routes through Russia and Kazakhstan:
*: Omsk – Cherlak – border with Kazakhstan
...
, making it the easternmost point in the
European route
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system at 85°36' E. The road connects Maykapshagay with the
Russia
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n city of
Omsk
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, 1,330 kilometers to the northwest, as well as the rest of the European route system. The border post is located near the center of the Eurasian landmass and roughly 150 kilometers from the point on Earth
farthest from the ocean. The nearest town,
Zaysan Zaysan or Zaisan (Cyrillic Alphabet, Cyrillic: Зайсан) can refer to:
*Lake Zaysan in eastern Kazakhstan
*Zaysan (town) or Zaisan, Kazakhstan
*Zaysan District in East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan
*Zaisan Memorial in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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, is 66 kilometers to the west along E127, while a smaller settlement, Karatal, is located roughly half-way to Zaysan.
As of 2019, the roadway carrying E127 is set to undergo reconstruction from the border post at Maykapshagay to the town of Kalbatau in
Zharma District
Zharma (, ) is a district of Abai Region in eastern 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 Russi ...
, 415 km distant.
Office of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Retrieved October 8, 2020.
References
East Kazakhstan Region
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