Sayran ( kk, Сайран, ''Saıran'') is a man-made lake and reservoir in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...

, Kazakhstan. During a 2011 summary meeting mayor of Almaty

Akhmetzhan Yessimov Ahmedjan Smagululy Essimov ( kk, Ахмеджан Смағұлұлы Есімов, ''Ahmedjan Smağūlūly Esimov'', ; born 15 December 1960) is a Kazakh politician who's served as the chairman of Samruk-Kazyna from 2017 to 2021. Prior to that, ...

announced that an

oceanarium An oceanarium can be either a marine mammal park, such as Marineland of Canada, or a large-scale aquarium, such as the Lisbon Oceanarium, presenting an ocean habitat with marine animals, especially large ocean dwellers such as sharks. First ...

may be constructed at the lake.Oceanarium could be constructed at Sayran lake in Almaty
13 february 2012, 14:04 "Oceanarium will be built at Sayran lake in Almaty, Tengrinews.kz reports. Akhmetzhan Yessimov, Akim (Mayor) of Almaty city, said this during a 2011 summary meeting with the citizens of the city on February 8, Tengrinews.kz reports. " On the northwest corner of the lake is the

Sayran bus station Sayran bus terminal ( kz, Сайран автобекеті, ''Sayran avtobeketı,'' Russian: автовокзал Сайран, '' tr.'' ''avtovokzal'' ''Sayran''), also "New Bus Station" or "Central Bus Station", is a major long distance bus sta ...

, while on the southeast corner is the Sayran metro station.

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{{Almaty Region Lakes of Kazakhstan Landforms of Almaty Region