Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city

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• overview
• history
• economy
• main attractions

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Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city overview

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city coat of arms

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city map location

Kostanay, also spelled Kustanai, or Qostanay, is a city and administrative center of Kostanay oblast (region) of Kazakhstan, on the Tobol River.

Kostanay Kazakhstan city population - 210,000 (2008).
Kostanay Kazakhstan city land area - 740 sq. km.
Kostanay Kazakhstan city calling code - +7-7142.
Kostanay Kazakhstan city postal code - 110000.

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city streets views

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city history

Kostanay city was founded by Russian settlers from the Volga region in 1879. Kostanay became a center of trade in the steppe, particularly in grain, a role that was enhanced by the construction of a branch railway in 1913.

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city sceneries

Kostanay city was made an oblast center in 1933, but its greatest expansion dates from the mid-1950s because of the Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign of USSR, which extended agriculture and hastened the exploitation of mineral wealth, and the construction of rail lines in the Kostanay oblast of Kazakhstan.

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city university

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city administration building

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city theater

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city children's hospital

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city stadium

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city economy

The Kostanay city of Kazakhstan most economically important industries are food processing and other light enterprises. Though there are vehicle and agricultural-equipment repair shops, and spare parts are produced for excavators and mining equipment in Kostanay city.

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city views

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city steam engine at railway station

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city water park

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city main attractions

Kostanay city of Kazakhstan has a teacher-training institute, museum and theater.

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city mosque

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city Catholic church

Kostanay (Qostanay) Kazakhstan city Orthodox churches

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