Shalkar

Also known as Shalqar, Chelkar

Shalkar is a town and the administrative center of Shalkar District in Aktobe Region of western Kazakhstan. Population:

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Settlement.official_name: Shalkar
Settlement.native_name: ШалқарŞalqar
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Shalkar Mamedova street.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Mamedova Street
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kazakhstan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Aktobe Province, Kazakhstan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Kazakhstan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Aktobe Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Shalkar District
Settlement.established_title: Settlement
Settlement.established_date: 1870
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial

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Named after: Shalkar (lake, Aktobe Region)
Official name: Шалқар
Country: Kazakhstan
Population: 3717
Area: 392
Time zone: UTC+05:00
Capital of: Shalkar District
Image: View of Shalqar.jpg

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Commons category: Shalqar
postal code: 031200
described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
native label: شالقار

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Shalkar is a town and the administrative center of Shalkar District in Aktobe Region of western Kazakhstan. Population:

==Geography== The town is located in the southeastern sector of the Aktobe Region near the northern end of the Greater Barsuki Desert, close to Lake Shalkar.

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