Sarysu (, ) is a
district
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of
Jambyl Region
Jambyl or Zhambyl Region (; ), formerly known as Dzhambul Region () until 1991, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is Taraz. The population of the region is 1,209,665; the city is 335,100. The region borders Kyrgyzstan, and is ...
in south-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 Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
. The administrative center of the district is the town of
Janatas. Sarysu District's population in 2023 was 44,115, up from 41,105 in 2009 but down from 48,594 in 1999.
Geography
The district is named after the
Sarysu River. 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 H ...
river, at the edge of the
Moiynkum Desert
The Moiynkum Desert (, ''Moiynqūm''), is a desert in the Turkistan Region, Turkistan and Jambyl Region, Zhambyl regions of southern Kazakhstan.
Common plant types in the desert include Haloxylon ammodendron, saksaul, milk vetch, milkvetch, mugwo ...
. Lakes
Ulken Kamkaly and
Sorkol are located in the district.
Google Earth
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.
References
External links
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Districts of Kazakhstan
Jambyl Region
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