Şelek
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Shelek (, Şelek), formerly Chilik, is a town in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. Administrative center of Shelek rural district, it is located in the Chilik river valley and is about 69 km north-east of the center of Esik. The KATO code is 194083100.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Shelek
- Settlement.native_name
- Шелек
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kazakhstan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kazakhstan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kazakhstan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Almaty Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Enbekshikazakh District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009
- Settlement.population_total
- 26688
- Settlement.timezone
- Time in Kazakhstan
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Шелек
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Population
- 29032
- Area
- 67
- Elevation
- 612
- Image
- Стела у въезда в село Шелек.jpg
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- postal code
- 040462
- native label
- Шелек
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Climate
- Population
- Economics and Tourism
- Religion
- Education
- Famous Natives
- Monuments and Museums
- References
- External links
Shelek (, Şelek), formerly Chilik, is a town in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. Administrative center of Shelek rural district, it is located in the Chilik river valley and is about 69 km north-east of the center of Esik. The KATO code is 194083100.
==History== The settlement was founded in 1871 as the village of Chilik.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Şelek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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