Kokshetau

Kokshetau is a city of 151,000 people in the , part of the former Soviet Union, and sits on the shore of Lake Kopa Kona, though the urban design doesn't seem to embrace it much.
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  • Type: City with 177,000 residents
  • Description: city in Kazakhstan, seat of Akmola Region
  • Also known as: Kochetayev”, “Kokchetar”, “Kökshetaū”, and “Köshetaū
  • Address: Көкшетау Қ.Ә., 020000
  • Postal code: 020000

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kokshetau-1 station.

Railway stop
Kokshetau—1 station also previously known as Kokchetav I station is the main railway station for commuter rail and long-distance trains departing from the city of Kokshetau, , and an important stop along the Trans-Kazakhstan and South Siberian railways.

Kokshetau

Latitude
53.2852° or 53° 17′ 7″ north
Longitude
69.3815° or 69° 22′ 53″ east
Population
177,000
Elevation
231 metres (758 feet)
Inception
1824
IATA airport code
KOV
United Nations Location Codes
KZ KOV and KZ ZAC
Open location code
9J5F79PJ+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 241542056
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1522203
Wiki­data ID
Q490643
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kokshetau” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كوكشيتو
  • Armenian: Կոկչետավ
  • Asturian: Kokshetau
  • Azerbaijani: Kökşetau
  • Bashkir: Күксәтау
  • Basque: Koksetau
  • Basque: Kokxetau
  • Belarusian: Какчэтаў
  • Belarusian: Какшатаў
  • Belarusian: Какшэтаў
  • Bengali: ককশেটাও
  • Bulgarian: Кокшетау
  • Catalan: Koktxetav
  • Catalan: Kokxetau
  • Cebuano: Kokshetau
  • Central Kurdish: کوێکشێتاو
  • Chechen: Кокшетау
  • Chechen: Коькшетау
  • Chinese: 科克舍套
  • Chinese: 角舍圖
  • Crimean Tatar: Kökşetav
  • Czech: Kokčetau
  • Czech: Kokčetav
  • Danish: Kokshetau
  • Dutch: Kökşetau
  • Dutch: Kökşetaw
  • Dutch: Kokshetau
  • Egyptian Arabic: كوكشيتو
  • Esperanto: Kokŝetau
  • Estonian: Kökšetau
  • Finnish: Kokšetau
  • Finnish: Kökšetau
  • Finnish: Kökşetau
  • Finnish: Kökşetaw
  • Finnish: Kokshetau
  • Finnish: Kökshetau
  • French: Kokchetaou
  • French: Kokchétaou
  • French: Kökchetaou
  • French: Kokchetau
  • French: Kökşetaw
  • French: Kokshetau
  • Georgian: ქოქშეთაუ
  • German: Kokchetav
  • German: Kokschetau
  • German: Kökschetau
  • German: Kokschetav
  • German: Kokschetaw
  • German: Kokshetau
  • German: Koktschetav
  • German: Koktschetaw
  • German: Koktshetav
  • Greek: Κοκσετάου
  • Gujarati: કોક્શેટાઉ
  • Hebrew: קוקצ’טאו
  • Hebrew: קוקשטאו
  • Hindi: कोक्शेटौ
  • Hungarian: Köksetau
  • Indonesian: Koksetau
  • Indonesian: Kokshetau
  • Irish: Kokshetau
  • Italian: Kökšetau
  • Italian: Kökşetau
  • Italian: Kökşetaw
  • Italian: Kokshetau
  • Japanese: コクシェタウ
  • Japanese: コクチェタフ
  • Kannada: ಕೊಕ್ಷೆತೌ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Ko’kshetaiw
  • Kara-Kalpak: Kókshetaw
  • Kazakh: Kökşetaw
  • Kazakh: Kökshetaū
  • Kazakh: Kókshetaý
  • Kazakh: Көкшетау / كوكشەتاۋ
  • Kazakh: Көкшетау
  • Kazakh: كوكشەتاۋ
  • Kirghiz: Көкчө-Тоо
  • Korean: 콕셰타우
  • Latvian: Kekšetau
  • Latvian: Kokšetau
  • Lithuanian: Kokčetavas
  • Lithuanian: Kokšetau
  • Low German: Kokschetau
  • Low German: Kökschetau
  • Luxembourgish: Kökschetau
  • Luxembourgish: Qoqshetaý
  • Macedo-Romanian: Kokshetau
  • Macedonian: Кокшетау
  • Malay: Kokshetau
  • Marathi: कोकत्थेउ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kokshetau
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kokshetau
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kökshetau
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Koksjetau
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Köksjetau
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Көкшетау
  • Norwegian: Koksjetau
  • Ossetian: Кокшетау
  • Persian: کوکشتائو، قزاقستان
  • Persian: کوکشتائو
  • Persian: کوکشه‌تاو
  • Polish: Kokczetaw
  • Polish: Kokszetau
  • Portuguese: Koksetau
  • Portuguese: Köksetau
  • Portuguese: Kokshetau
  • Romanian: Kokșetau
  • Romanian: Kókshetaú
  • Russian: Кокчетав
  • Russian: Кокшетау
  • Serbian: Kokšetau
  • Serbian: Кокшетау
  • Serbian: Көкшетау
  • Sinhala: කොක්ෂේටවූ
  • Spanish: Kokshetau
  • Swedish: Koksjetau
  • Swedish: Köksjetau
  • Swedish: Koktjetav
  • Tamil: கோக்ஷிதாவு
  • Tatar: Кокшетау
  • Tatar: Күкчәтау
  • Telugu: కొక్షేటౌ
  • Thai: เกิกเชียเตา
  • Turkish: Kökşetau
  • Udmurt: Кокшетау
  • Ukrainian: Кокчетав
  • Ukrainian: Кокшетау
  • Upper Sorbian: Kokšetau
  • Urdu: کوکشیتاؤ
  • Uzbek: Koʻkchatov
  • Uzbek: Koʻkshetau
  • Uzbek: Кокшетау
  • Venetian: Kökšetau
  • Vietnamese: Kokshetau
  • Waray (Philippines): Kokshetau
  • Welsh: Kokshetau
  • Western Panjabi: کوکشیتاؤ
  • Yue Chinese: 角舍圖

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