Satbayev, formerly named Nikolsky until 1990, is a city in

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 ...

Ulytau Region Ulytau Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the region is the city of Jezkazgan. The area split off from Karaganda Region in 2022. The region's borders roughly correspond to the western half of the old Jezkazgan R ...

. The city is named after

Kanysh Satbayev Kanysh Imantayuli Satbayev (11 April 1899 – 31 January 1964) was a Kazakh professor, geologist and one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny (specifically the Kazakhstani school) and the principal advocate and first president of Kazakhstan Ac ...

, one of the founders of Soviet

metallogeny Metallogeny is the study of the genesis and regional-to-global distribution of mineral deposits, with emphasis on their relationship in space and time to regional petrologic and tectonic features of the Earth's crust Earth's crust is its thick ...

, principal advocate and the first president of

Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences The Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences (official name National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan) is the highest scientific organization of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Academy of Sciences was founded on 1 June 1946 on the basis of ...

. As of 2019, the city had a population of 69,782.Численность населения Республики Казахстан по отдельным этносам на начало 2019 года
Комитет по статистике Министерства национальной экономики Республики Казахстан.

History

The city was originally established in 1954 for miners from

Jezkazgan Zhezkazgan, or Jezkazgan ( ) is a city and the administrative centre of Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan. Population: Its urban area includes the neighbouring mining town of Satbayev (city), Satpayev, for a total city population of 148,700. 55% of ...

. Later, in 1956, it was renamed to Nikolsky. In 1973, Nikolsky received town status. The city got its status by huge exploration work initiated by Kanysh Imantayevich Satpayev, it was given the name Satpayev after him on 13 September 1990. Satbayev is the center of the mining industry.

Transportation

Passenger-train service is provided on the train line between

Almaty Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...

and

Zhezkazgan Zhezkazgan, or Jezkazgan ( ) is a city and the administrative centre of Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan. Population: Its urban area includes the neighbouring mining town of Satpayev, for a total city population of 148,700. 55% of Jezkazgan's popu ...

, a city some twenty kilometers away. Air traffic is served by the nearby

Zhezkazgan Airport Zhezkazgan Airport ( / ; IATA: DZN, ICAO: UAKD) is an international airport, serving the city of Zhezkazgan in Ulytau Region of Kazakhstan. At the moment, it has one asphalt and concrete runway, and other four unpaved runways. The pavement class ...

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