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Merke (kazakh Меркі) is a village, the administrative center of the Merkensky district of the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan, and the administrative center of the Merke rural districts. KATO code - 315430100.

Population
In 1999, the population of the village was 12,882 people (6,157 men and 6,725 women). According to the 2009 census, there were 13,467 people living in the village (6,564 men and 6,903 women).

History
For the first time, the Arab geographers mentioned in their writings Merck: “Mirki is a city of medium size, fortified, has a citadel”, it received its name from Mirki - “center” in Farsi. Historical documents also mention the lands of Mirka, where the Karluk tribes lived. A special script for state and financial leaders, which was written in 945 AD and which is located in Baghdad in the Buweihid Palace, says: “There are 7 farces from the city of Shash to Gozgerd ... there are mountains on the right from Taraz where wintering cattle carlukes. Behind those sands is a desert of sand and pebbles, and there are jackals in it, it stretches to the Kimak border. In the mountains there are many fruits, clovers and mountain onions. In total, from Taraz to Kulan in the desert, also called Kulan, there are 14 farces. From Kulan to the rich settlement of Mirka - 4 Farsahs, from Mirka to Al-Couples in the desert the same as Kulan - also 4 Farsahs. From Suyab to Verkhniy Barsakhan on the border with Kashgaria, 15 days of travel by caravans through pastures and reservoirs, and for the post of Turks, the path of three days. ”

The fact that the ancient inhabitants of Mirka were engaged in farming is indicated by the fact that on May 9, 1987, in the area of Komsomolskoye Lake at a depth of 6 meters, grains were found in the ground over a meter deep. In Merck, metal products were manufactured, glass was produced, and metalworking and jewelry craftsmanship was developed. For example, a lamp and fragments of dishes were found in Mirka Fortress.

Famous residents and natives

 * Aspetova, Gulzhan Zharylkasymovna - artist in the Kazakh Academic Drama Theater. M.Auezova


 * Aznabayev, Eduard Kasymovich (1936-1995) - Soviet and Kazakhstan geologist.


 * Bayeva, Pelageya Prohorovna (1908 -?) - Hero of Socialist Labor.


 * Ivannikova, Alexandra Fedorovna (1910 -?) - Hero of Socialist Labor.


 * Koltakova, Melanya Efimovna (1904 -?) - Hero of Socialist Labor.


 * Kulygin, Ivan Fedorovich (1893 -?) - Hero of Socialist Labor.


 * Miroshnikov Ivan Ivanovich (1910 -?) - Hero of Socialist Labor.


 * Raschupkin, Ivan Pavlovich (1915 -?) - Hero of Socialist Labor.


 * Shmatova, Evdokia Vasilyevna (1887 -?) - Hero of Socialist Labor.


 * Uygun Rakhmatulla Atakuziev (1905-1990 - Uzbek poet and public figure, Hero of Socialist Labor.

Literature

 * Қазақ мәдениеті. Энциклопедиялық анықтамалық. Алматы: “Аруна Ltd.” ЖШС, 2005 ISBN 9965-26-095-8