Baikonur

Baikonur is a city in on the northern bank of the river. It is currently leased and administered by the until 2050.
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  • City with 36,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 103 metres (338 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Lenīnsk Qalasy”
  • Also known as
    “Baykonyr”
    “Gorod Baykonyr”
    “Ленинск”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baikonur CHP station.
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is a power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tyuratam.
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Töretam is a station on the Trans-Aral Railway, located in .

Baikonur

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Latitude
45.6285° or 45° 37′ 43″ north
Longitude
63.3017° or 63° 18′ 6″ east
Open location code
8JQ5J8H2+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39209179
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1538316

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Baikonur” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ቤኮኑር”
  • Azerbaijani: “Baykonur”
  • Bengali: “বাইকোনুর”
  • French: “Baïkonour”
  • German: “Baikonur”
  • Hausa: “Baikonur”
  • Japanese: “バイコヌール市”
  • Javanese: “Baikonur”
  • Kazakh: “Bayqongyr Qalasy”
  • Kazakh: “Bayqongyr”
  • Kazakh: “Байқоңыр Қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Байқоңыр”
  • Kirghiz: “Байконур”
  • Malay: “Baikonur”
  • Oromo: “Baikonur”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਾਈਕੋਨੂਰ”
  • Persian: “بایکونور”
  • Portuguese: “Baikonur”
  • Pushto: “بايکونور”
  • Russian: “Байконур”
  • Russian: “Город Байконыр”
  • Somali: “Baikonur”
  • Spanish: “Baikonur”
  • Swahili: “Baikonur”
  • Tajik: “Байқўнур”
  • Tatar: “Байконыр”
  • Uzbek: “Baykonur”

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