Ekibastuz Kazakhstan city

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• overview
• history
• economy
• main attractions

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Ekibastuz Kazakhstan city overview

Ekibastuz city coat of arms

Ekibastuz city map location

Ekibastuz is a city located in Pavlodar oblast (region) of Kazakhstan, north-west of Pavlodar city. There is an airport in Ekibastuz city.

Ekibastuz Kazakhstan city population - 142,000 (2007).
Ekibastuz Kazakhstan city phone code - +7-7187.
Ekibastuz Kazakhstan city postal codes - 141200-141209.

Ekibastuz city street

Ekibastuz Kazakhstan city history

Ekibastuz city history began in the 19th century. Kosim Pshembaev - a native Kazakh commissioned by Russians to look for minerals in Pavlodar region - found a coal field north-west of Pavlodar city. To mark the place he placed two big lumps of salt. And it gave the place its current name because "Ekibastuz" means "two lumps of salt" in Kazakh language. Soon the railroad was constructed and Ekibastuz settlement was founded in 1899.

The revolutions of 1917 in Russia and two World Wars distracted the attention from the exploitation of Ekibastuz coal field. Ekibastuz village was almost deserted. But in 1948 the first team of about 50 people started construction of the future Ekibastuz town.

December 1954 is an important date of Ekibastuz history. It was the date when the first train loads of coal were loaded. It was the beginning of Ekibastuz industrial development. In 1955 the millionth ton of the coal was produced here. The city status was given to Ekibastuz on 12 July 1957.

Ekibastuz city views

Ekibastuz city sceneries

Ekibastuz Kazakhstan city economy

Ekibastuz city area is one of the biggest open-cast coal field in the world and one of the most perspective. Ekibastuz coal field contains more than 13 billion tons of coal in the area of 62 square kilometers (about 200 million tons of coal per sq. km.).

Ekibastuz city coal mine view

Ekibastuz city entrance sign

Ekibastuz city monuments

Ekibastuz Kazakhstan city main attractions

Ekibastuz city tallest in the world power plant chimney (425 meters or 1392 feet)

Ekibastuz city mosque

Ekibastuz city church

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