Zaysan (town)
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Zaysan is a town in the East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan
, the center of Zaysan District
. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Lake Zaysan
at an altitude of 660 meters (2170 ft) above sea level.
Zaysan was founded in 1868 as a Russian military post.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, the center of Zaysan District
Zaysan District
Zaysan is a district of East Kazakhstan Province in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Zaysan town.-References:...
. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Lake Zaysan
Lake Zaysan
Lake Zaysan is a freshwater lake, ca. 1,810 km² , in eastern Kazakhstan, in a hollow between the Altai and Tarbagatai Mountains. It is the largest lake in the East Kazakhstan Province....
at an altitude of 660 meters (2170 ft) above sea level.
Zaysan was founded in 1868 as a Russian military post.