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6 unusual facts about East Kazakhstan Province


Ayagoz District

Aktogay station, located within the district, is an important junction.

Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant

The Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant (Бухтарминская ГЭС) is a hydroelectric power plant on the Irtysh River 5 km upstream of the town of Serebryansk, in East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan.

Emil River

It flows through Tacheng (Tarbagatay) Prefecture of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and the East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan, and is one of the principal affluents of Lake Alakol.

Emin Valley

Administratively, the Emin Valley occupies parts of China's Tacheng Prefecture and the East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan.

Jeminay County

The Kazakh settlement across the border is Maykapchigay near Zaysan in East Kazakhstan Province.

Shulbinsk Hydroelectric Power Plant

The Shulbinsk Hydro Power Plant (Шульбинская ГЭС) is a hydro power plant on the middle reach of the Irtysh River, 70 km up the stream from Semipalatinsk in East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan.


Alakol District

Parts of its eastern border (where the district borders on East Kazakhstan Province) run through the chain of lakes - Lakes Sasykkol, Koshkarkol, Alakol, and Zhalanashkol.


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