Shakhtinsk (, ''Şahtinsk'') is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

of regional significance in

Karaganda Region Karaganda Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda. The region borders Akmola and Pavlodar Region to the north, Abai Region to the east, Jetisu, Almaty, and Zhambyl Regions to the south, and Kostanay and Ulytau regio ...

of central

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 ...

. Its population:

People

* Vitaliy Abramov (born 1974), football coach * Valeria Lazinskaya (born 1993), freestyle wrestler * Andreas Maurer (born 1970), German local politician

References

Populated places in Karaganda Region {{KaragandaRegion-geo-stub