Karasay District

Karasay District (Kazakh: Қарасай ауданы, Qarasay awdany; Russian: Карасайский район, former Kaskelen District) is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Kaskelen.^[3] Population: 280,939 (2013 estimate);^[2] 247,616 (2009 Census results);^[4] 154,602 (1999 Census results).^[4]

Karasay
District
Qarasay awdanı
Seal
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Almaty Region
Administrative center	Kaskelen
Founded	1929
Government
• Akim (mayor)	Dalabaev Zhandarbek Ermekovich[1]
Area
• Total	900 sq mi (2,300 km2)
Population  (2013)[2]
• Total	280,939
Time zone	UTC+6 (East)

The welcome-sign at the entrance to the Karasay district from Almaty city

References

1. "Акимат Карасайского района".
2. "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
3. "www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
4. "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

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