Shalkar (, ) 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, municip ...

Aktobe Region Aktobe Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. The name ''Aktobe'' comes from Kazakh ''aq'' 'white' and ''töbe'' 'hill' or 'top (of something)'; supposedly, Aktobe's initial settlers were able to see white mountains far to the north. The Aktobe ...

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 Shalkar. Population:

Geography

The

Shalkar Basin Shalkar () is a brackish lake in Shalkar District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan. Shalkar city lies by the northeastern lakeshore. The lake provides water to the city and adjacent railway stations.Google Earth Geography Shalkar is located km to th ...

and a number of lakes in it which are mostly salty, such as Tebez and

Zhamantuz Zhamantuz (; "bad salt") may refer to: *Zhamantuz, Aksu City Administration, a lake in the Aksu City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan *Zhamantuz, Aktogay District, a lake in Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan *Zhamantuz (lake, ...

, are part of the district. Rivers Zhylandysay, Kauylzhyr and Bolgasyn flow across the territory of the district. The Lesser Barsuki Desert lies in the eastern part.

History

The Chelkar district was formed as part of the

Aktobe province Aktobe Region (; ) is a Regions of Kazakhstan, region of Kazakhstan. The name ''Aktobe'' comes from Kazakh language, Kazakh ''aq'' 'white' and ''töbe'' 'hill' or 'top (of something)'; supposedly, Aktobe's initial settlers were able to see white m ...

on October 21, 1921. July 5, 1922 was transformed into Chelkar district. In 1928, the district was recreated as part of the Aktobe District. In 1930, he passed into direct subordination to the

Kazakh ASSR The Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (; ), abbreviated as Kazak ASSR (; ) and simply Kazakhstan (; ), was an autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) within the Soviet Union (from 1922) which exis ...

. In 1932 he moved to the Aktobe region. On March 10,

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, by decree of the

President of Kazakhstan The president of Kazakhstan, officially the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the executive head of state of the Kazakhstan and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As the highest-ranking official ...

the transcription of the name of Chelkar district in Russian was changed to Shalkar district.

References

{{Aktobe Region Districts of Kazakhstan Aktobe Region