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Baikonur

Baikonur

Baikonur is a town in , and has about 33,800 residents. Baikonur is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
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  • Type: Town with 33,800 residents
  • Also known as: “Bayqoñır”, “Байконыр”, and “Ленинск”
  • Address: Байконыр Г.А.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baikonur CHP station.

Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tyuratam.

Village
Photo: Георгий Долгопский, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Töretam is a station on the Trans-Aral Railway, located in . The name means "Töre's grave" in the Kazakh language. Töre, or more formally, Töre-Baba, was a nobleman and descendant of Genghis Khan.

Baikonur

Latitude
45.6322° or 45° 37′ 56″ north
Longitude
63.32092° or 63° 19′ 15″ east
Population
33,800
Open location code
8JQ5J8JC+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 271092323
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Baikonur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بايكونور”
  • Armenian: “Բայկոնուր”
  • Basque: “Baikonur”
  • Belarusian: “Байканур”
  • Catalan: “Baikonur”
  • Chinese: “拜科努爾”
  • Czech: “Bajkonur”
  • Danish: “Bajkonur”
  • Dutch: “Bajkonoer”
  • Finnish: “Baikonur”
  • French: “Baikonour”
  • Georgian: “ბაიკონური”
  • German: “Baikonur”
  • Greek: “Μπαϊκονούρ”
  • Hebrew: “בייקונור”
  • Hindi: “बायकोनूर”
  • Hungarian: “Bajkonur”
  • Italian: “Baıqońyr”
  • Japanese: “バイコヌール”
  • Korean: “바이코누르”
  • Lithuanian: “Baikonyras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bajkonur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Baikonor”
  • Polish: “Bajkonur”
  • Portuguese: “Baikonur”
  • Romanian: “Baikonur”
  • Russian: “Байконур”
  • Serbian: “Бајконур”
  • Spanish: “Baikonur”
  • Swedish: “Bajkonur”
  • Tatar: “Байкоңгыр”
  • Ukrainian: “Байконир”
  • Vietnamese: “Baikonur”

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