Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Abai Region

Kurchatov

Kurchatov is a town in in north-east . Named after Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov, the town was once the centre of operations for the adjoining Semipalatinsk Test Site.
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  • Type: Town with 10,300 residents
  • Description: town in Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Konechnaya”, “Kurchatov-21”, “Kurchatov, Kazakhstan”, “Kwrçatov”, “Maldar”, “Moldar”, “Moldary”, “Semipalatinsk-21”, and “Семипалатинск-21, Москва-400, станция Конечная, Лениногосрск”
  • Address: Городская администрация Курчатов, 071100
  • Postal code: 071100

Kurchatov

Latitude
50.75653° or 50° 45′ 24″ north
Longitude
78.54867° or 78° 32′ 55″ east
Population
10,300
Elevation
165 metres (541 feet)
Open location code
9J2WQG4X+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 377600470
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1520885
Wiki­data ID
Q767177
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Kurchatov” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Курчатаў”
  • Cebuano: “Kūrchatov”
  • Chechen: “Курчатов”
  • Chinese: “库尔恰托夫”
  • Chinese: “库尔恰托夫市”
  • Chinese: “庫爾恰托夫”
  • Chinese: “庫爾恰托夫市”
  • Dutch: “Kurchatov”
  • Estonian: “Kurtšatov”
  • French: “Kourtchatov”
  • German: “Kurtschatow”
  • Irish: “Kurchatov”
  • Japanese: “クルチャトフ”
  • Kazakh: “Курчатов”
  • Korean: “쿠르차토프”
  • Latvian: “Kurčatova (Kazahstāna)”
  • Latvian: “Kurčatova”
  • Lithuanian: “Kurčiatovas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurtsjatov”
  • Norwegian: “Kurtsjatov”
  • Persian: “کورچاتوف”
  • Polish: “Kurczatow”
  • Russian: “Курчатов”
  • Spanish: “Kurchatov”
  • Spanish: “Kurchátov”
  • Swedish: “Kurtjatov”
  • Tatar: “Курчатов”
  • Udmurt: “Курчатов”
  • Ukrainian: “Курчатов”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kurčatow”
  • Uzbek: “Kurchatov”

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