Temirtau

Temirtau ( Kazakh Теміртау - iron mountain, Russian Темиртау ) is an industrial city in Kazakhstan, with around 175 728 inhabitants. It is a satellite city of Karaganda and is located about 180 km southeast of the capital Astana on the river Nura. The administration of the city Temirtau is placed under the settlement Aktau.

History

The city was founded on October 1, 1945 based on the former settlement Samarkandskij.

Sports

In the city the football club Bolat AMT Temirtau is located. In addition, the city is represented by the hockey club HK Arystan Temirtau.

Economy and infrastructure

The city's history is closely connected to the Kazakh Metallurgical Combine, which was built due to the German occupation of the West of the USSR in World War II on 31 December 1944, and now belongs to ArcelorMittal. In addition, there is now also an electro- metallurgical combine in the city. In addition, 1,061 industrial enterprises are located in the city that had produced in 2007, 23 percent of the industrial output of the whole area.

Traffic

The place has since September 5, 1959 a tram with a track width of 1524 mm and a total length of 48.8 km. The public transport is guaranteed by five transport companies with a total length of navigable roads of 259 km.

Media

In the city of six local newspapers ( Temirtau, Serkalo, Kasachstanskaja Magnitogorsk Metallurg, Temirtauskij kaleidoscope and Vechernyaya Gazeta ) appear. Furthermore, there are four local telephone channels ( Sfera, 29 channel, 43 channel and TKT ) and a radio station (Radio 102).

Education

Temirtau has 30 general education schools with a capacity of more than 19,000 students and two universities.

SOS Children's Village Temirtau

The unemployment rate in the region around Temirtau is high and the number of orphans and abandoned children in size.

Of the local authorities about seven hectares of land was provided free for the construction of the SOS Children's Village Temirtau available. The official opening ceremony took place in the presence of representatives of SOS Children's Villages International and numerous guests of honor on July 5, 2005.

The SOS Children's Village Temirtau comprises twelve family houses, houses for the SOS aunts (who support the SOS Children 's Village mothers and represent them in case of their absence) and the village director, a multipurpose building, and an administration and service area. Up to 108 children can find in the family houses of the SOS Children's Village Temirtau a new home. As the need for family-like long-term accommodation for children is still high, the construction of two additional family houses is planned for the coming years.

Twinning

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Dniprodserschynsk Ukraine (Ukraine )

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Serik Akhmetov (born 1958 ), Kazakh politician
  • Vladimir Antipin (born 1970 ), Kazakh hockey players
  • Willi Evseev (* 1992), German football player
  • Dmitri Frolov (born 1966 ), Russian hockey player
  • Vadim Glowazki (born 1970 ), Kazakh hockey players
  • Valeri Jablotschkin (born 1973 ), Kazakh football player
  • Sergei Yakovlev (born 1976 ), Kazakh cyclist
  • Vitali Janke ( b. 1976 ), German ice hockey player
  • Andrei Potaitschuk (* 1970), Russian hockey player
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