Karasay District
Karasay District, formerly known as Kaskelen District, is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. Named in honor of Karasay Batyr, a legendary 17th-century Kazakh warrior and military commander who defended the region against foreign invasions.- Type: district of Kazakhstan with 271,000 residents
- Description: district of Kazakhstan in Almaty Region
- Also known as: “Karassaiski rajon”, “Карасайский район (Алматинская область)”, “Карасайский район (Казахстан)”, “Карасайский район Алматинской области”, “Каскеленский район”, “Каскеленский район Алматинской области”, “ноҳияи Қаскелен”, and “卡拉赛区”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aitei and Almalybaq.
Aitei
Locality
Äitei, known as Internatsional until 1992… Aitei is situated 4½ km northwest of Karasay District.
Karasay District
- Location: Almaty Province, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
43.1994° or 43° 11′ 58″ north
Longitude
76.6215° or 76° 37′ 17″ east
Population
271,000
Elevation
855 metres (2,805 feet)
Open location code
8JMR5JXC+QH
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Karasay District” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Карасайски район”
- Cebuano: “Qaskeleng Aūdany”
- Chinese: “卡拉賽區”
- Dutch: “Karasay District”
- Finnish: “Qarasain piiri”
- French: “district de Karasaï”
- French: “District de Karasaï”
- German: “Audan Qarassai”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Καρασάι”
- Italian: “distretto di Qarasai”
- Italian: “Distretto di Qarasai”
- Japanese: “カラセイ地区”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Qarasay rayonı”
- Kazakh: “Qarasaý awdanı”
- Kazakh: “Қарасай ауданы”
- Kazakh: “قاراساي اۋدانى”
- Kirghiz: “Кара-Сай району”
- Macedonian: “Карасај”
- Malay: “Daerah Karasay”
- Persian: “شهرستان قرهسای”
- Portuguese: “Karasay (distrito)”
- Portuguese: “Karasay”
- Russian: “Карасайский район”
- Scots: “Karasay Destrict”
- Swedish: “Qaskeleng Aūdany”
- Tajik: “ноҳияи Қаросой”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи Қаросой”
- Turkish: “Karasay”
- Ukrainian: “Карасайський район”
- Urdu: “ضلع قاراسائی”
- Uzbek: “Qorasoy (tuman)”
- Uzbek: “Qorasoy”
- Waray (Philippines): “Qarasay Rayon”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع کاراسے”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kaskelen and Kayrat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Gora Dopan and Vodokhranilishche K-Dvadtsat’ Vosem’.
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