Central Highlands
The Central Highlands of Kazakhstan is a huge, sparsely populated region larger in area than Pakistan, consisting of the endless steppe of the Aktobe and Karagandy provinces, as well as the western half of East Kazakhstan Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Karaganda and Aktobe.
Karaganda
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Karaganda is a large city in the Central Highlands of Kazakhstan. It's a coal mining city and in Soviet times its population was much greater: Stalin deported ethnic Germans from the Volga region to use as forced labour here as well as in Siberia.
Aktobe
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Aktobe is a major city in western Kazakhstan, located on the Ilek. It serves as the administrative center of the Aktobe Region and is an important cultural, economic, and industrial hub in the region.
Semey
Semey, formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala, is a city in Kazakhstan with a population of around 300,000 people.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Balkhash and Karkaraly National Park.
Balkhash
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Balkhash is a small city located on a lake of the same name and in the Central Highlands of Kazakhstan.
Karkaraly National Park
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Karkaraly National Park is a protected reserve and national park in the Karaganda Oblast in the Central Highlands of Kazakhstan. The park headquarters are in the city of Karkaraly, 244 km east of Karaganda.
Central Highlands
- Type: region
- Also known as: “Central Highlands (Kazakhstan)”
- Location: Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
48.7° or 48° 42′ northLongitude of center
70.5° or 70° 30′ eastWikidata ID
Q130278908
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Central Highlands” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中央高原 (哈萨克斯坦)”
- Chinese: “中央高原”
- French: “Plateau central kazakh”
- Italian: “Altopiani centrali del Kazakistan”
- Russian: “Великая Степь”
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