Kentau

It is located at the foot of the Karatau mountains 30 km north-east of the city of Turkestan.In Soviet times, the population of the city was mainly from Russia, the descendants of the repressed: Greeks, Russians, Germans, Koreans, Jews, Chechens, etc., as well as Uzbeks, and majority of population comprising an ethnic Kazakhs.Major mining ore operations are supported by excavator and transformer plants.The late 1980s or early 1990s saw massive emigration of population and the closures of mines and industrial enterprises.Nowadays Excavator Plant is working, but not so active as about 25–30 years ago.
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