Akespe (Kazakh: Ақеспе) is a village in the Aral District, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. It is part of the Kosaman Rural District (KATO code - 433246200).[1] Population: 255 (2009 Census results);[2] 200 (1999 Census results).[2][3]
Akespe
Ақеспе | |
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Village | |
  Akespe Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 46°47′01″N 60°30′18″E / 46.78361°N 60.50500°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Kyzylorda Region |
| District | Aral District |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (Central Asia Time) |
In 1925 a large site containing numerous fossils of the Oligocene was discovered near Akespe by the Aral Sea shore.[4][5]
Geography
editThe village is located by the Butakov Bay of the North Aral Sea, near the southern end of the Lesser Barsuki Desert.[6]
References
edit- ^ "База КАТО". Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Итоги Национальной переписи населения Республики Казахстан 2009 года" (PDF). Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-13.
- ^ Aral fossil fauna // Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia. Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias, 2004. - T. I. ISBN 9965-9389-9-7
- ^ Collection: Akespe Aral, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
- ^ Google Earth.
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