Janatas (, ''Zhaŋatas'', ) is a town in

Sarysu District Sarysu (, ) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. 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. Geogr ...

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 ...

of southern

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 name means "New stone" in Kazakh, referring to the newly found

phosphorite Phosphorite, phosphate rock or rock phosphate is a non-detrital sedimentary rock that contains high amounts of phosphate minerals. The phosphate content of phosphorite (or grade of phosphate rock) varies greatly, from 4% to 20% phosphorus pentoxi ...

deposits. Janatas serves as the administrative center of the district. Population:

Geography

The town lies north of the Karatau slopes, by the banks of the Burkittі (Бүркітті) river, a left tributary of the

Shabakty The Shabakty (; ) is a river in southern Kazakhstan. It has a length of and a drainage basin of .Google Earth The river flows across the Sarysu District of the Zhambyl Region. There are two inhabited places by the riverbank, Saudakent near ...

Saudakent Saudakent (), known as ''Baikadam'' until 1993, is a town located in the Sarysu District, Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan. It is part of Baikadam rural district (КАТО code — 316033100). Demographics According to the 2009 Kazakhstan census, th ...

village is located to the northeast.

History

Janatas was founded in 1964 as a settlement to serve the phosphorite deposits. In 1969, it was granted town status. The town was steadily growing until the 1990s, when most industrial enterprises closed down owing to economic hardships, and population started to decline. As of 2013, some of residential areas stand deserted.

Economy

Industry

As of 2013, the only functioning industrial enterprise in the town is the

factory. In May 2024,

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signed an agreement with China National Chemical Engineering Company for the design, construction and commissioning of a chemical complex in Janatas. The combined total investment in the project with be over $1 billion USD, and will involve the construction of a phosphate mining complex, a sulfuric acid facility, and a chemical complex. The planned annual output will exceed over 1 million tonnes of mineral fertilizers and assosciated industrial products annually. The plant will utilize technology that will enable it to avoid phosphogypsum waste, replacing it with eco-friendly synthetic gypsum and calcium chloride.

Transportation

Janatas is connected by railway with

Taraz Taraz ( ; also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a populatio ...

. There is no passenger service. There is road access to E40 and further to Taraz and

Shymkent Shymkent (, ; ) is a city in southern Kazakhstan, located near the border with Uzbekistan. It holds the status of a city of republican significance, one of only three cities in Kazakhstan with this distinction, alongside Almaty and Astana. As of ...

References

{{Jambyl Region Populated places in Jambyl Region