Moiynkum ( kk, Мойынқұм ауданы, ) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

Jambyl Region Jambyl or Zhambyl Region ( kk, Жамбыл облысы, translit=Jambyl oblysy; russian: Жамбылская область, Zhambylskaya oblast), formerly known as Dzhambul Region (russian: Джамбульская область, Dzhambulska ...

in south-eastern

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...

. The administrative center of the district is the auyl of

Moiynkum Moiynkum ( kz, Мойынқұм; until 1997 ''Furmanovka'') is a village ''( auyl)'' in southeastern Kazakhstan. It is the seat of Moiynkum District of Jambyl Region. Population: . Geography The village is located by the Chu river, to the southe ...

Geography

The district is named after the

Moiynkum Desert The Moiynkum Desert ( kk, Мойынқұм, ''Moiynqūm''), is a desert in the Turkistan and Zhambyl regions of southern Kazakhstan. Common plant types in the desert include saksaul, milkvetch, mugwort and sedge. The Andasay State Nature Reser ...

. Parts of it are in the lower basin of the

Chu Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Ha ...

river, as well as by :Lake Balkhash. Lakes

Kashkanteniz Kashkanteniz ( kk, Қашқантеңіз) is a lake in the Moiynkum District, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan. The lake is located to the NNW of Kashkanteniz railway station. Geography Kashkanteniz lies inland from the western coast of Lake Balkh ...

and

Karakol Karakol ( ky, Каракол, Karakol, قاراقول, ; zh, 卡拉科尔), formerly Przhevalsk (russian: Пржевальск), is the fourth-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Lake Issyk-Kul, about from the Kyrgyzstan– ...

are located in the district. Google Earth.

References

Districts of Kazakhstan Jambyl Region {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub