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Ridder

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Ridder is a city in Kazakhstan, situated in the East Kazakhstan region. It serves as the capital of its administrative territorial entity and has a population of 72,074. The city covers an area of 4,880 and stands at an elevation of 730 above sea level. Its official name is Лениногорск, with the native label Риддер.

The settlement was established in 1786 and has been part of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and Kazakhstan. It operates in the UTC+06:00 time zone and uses postal codes 071300–071303. Ridder has received the Order of Friendship of Peoples.

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Place details

Locality
Риддер қалалық әкімдігі
Region
Шығыс Қазақстан облысы
Country
Қазақстан
Population
52,664
Timezone
Asia/Almaty

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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

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ridder” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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