Jezkazgan
Zhezkazgan, or Jezkazgan (Kazakh: Жезқазған, romanized: Jezqazğan (listenⓘ)) is a city and the administrative centre of Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan.It has an extremely continental cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk); rain is frequent but never heavy and monthly rainfall has never reached 100 millimetres (4 in).On 16 March 2022, It was announced by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev that Jezkazgan would become the administrative center of the new Ulytau Region.The Soyuz 33 spacecraft returning cosmonauts from outer space landed in the remote flat countryside surrounding Jezkazgan in 1979.The Baikonur Cosmodrome lies 400 kilometres (250 mi) to the southwest and, by tradition, every cosmonaut plants a tree on Jezkazgan's Seyfullin-Boulevard to mark his or her safe return from space.[2] The railway line connects West and East, North and South, creating an opportunity for tourists to visit Zhezkazgan.[4] Archived 10 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine Sulfurous anhydride, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide in a gaseous and liquid state can be found in huge quantities in the atmosphere.