Saryshaghan
kaz. Сарышаған, Saryşağan
Saryşağan
Saryshaghan is located in Kazakhstan
Saryshaghan
Saryshaghan
Location in Karagandy Province, Aqtogay, Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 46°07′N 73°37′E / 46.117°N 73.617°E / 46.117; 73.617
CountryKazakhstan
RegionKaraganda Region
Founded1956
  Summer (DST)UTC+6 (UTC+6)
Postal code
100314

Saryshaghan (Kazakh: Сарышаған, Saryşağan) is a town in Kazakhstan located on the coast of Lake Balkhash at Latitude (DMS): 46° 7' 9 N Longitude (DMS): 73° 37' 9 E in Karaganda Region. Its population is estimated at 11,000 inhabitants.

Sary Shagan is a site of the major antiballistic missile defense test range in the Soviet Union.[1] The first nonnuclear intercept of a ballistic missile warhead by a missile was accomplished there on 4 March 1961.

References

  1. Buyers, Lydia M. (2003). Central Asia in Focus: Political and Economic Issues. Nova Publishers. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-59033-153-8.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.