Satbayev (city)

Satbayev Сәтбаев Sätbaev
Coat of arms
Satbayev Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 47°54′0″N 67°32′0″E
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Ulytau Region
Government
• Akim (mayor)	Murat Buribayev
Population  (2009)
• Total	60,105
Time zone	UTC+5
Postal code	101300
Area code	+7 1063

Satbayev, formerly named Nikolsky until 1990, is a city in Kazakhstan's Ulytau Region. The city is named after Kanysh Satbayev, one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny, principal advocate and the first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences. As of 2019, the city had a population of 69,782.

History

The city was originally established in 1954 for miners from Jezkazgan. Later, in 1956, it was renamed to Nikolsky. In 1973, Nikolsky received town status. The city got its status by huge exploration work initiated by Kanysh Imantayevich Satpayev, it was given the name Satpayev after him on 13 September 1990. Satbayev is the center of the mining industry.

Transportation

Passenger-train service is provided on the train line between Almaty and Zhezkazgan, a city some twenty kilometers away.

Air traffic is served by the nearby Zhezkazgan Airport.