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Place details
- Locality
- Риддер қалалық әкімдігі
- Region
- Шығыс Қазақстан облысы
- Country
- Қазақстан
- Population
- 52,664
- Timezone
- Asia/Almaty
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Region
- East Kazakhstan Region
- Founded
- May 31, 1786
- Incorporated city
- February 10, 1934
- Akim mayor
- Duman Rakhmetkaliev
- Elevation
- 730 m (2,400 ft)
- Total
- 50,874
- Time zone
- UTC+5
- Postal code
- 071300-071303
- Area code
- +7 72336
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 1786
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ленінагорск
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Q27430662
- Population
- +50874
- Area
- +4880
- Elevation
- +730
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Capital of
- Q27430662
- Official website
- ridder.gov.kz
- Image
- Город Риддер на закате.jpg
Article
Ridder (Kazakh: Риддер, romanized: Ridder; formerly known as Leninogorsk; Russian: Лениногорск) is a city in the East Kazakhstan Region in northeastern Kazakhstan. Its population is approximately 50,500 (2009 census results). The city is in the south-western Altai Mountains and northeast of the region's capital, Oskemen, along the Ulba River, at an elevation higher than 700 metres. Ridder is the source of the E40 motorway.
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