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Aktas (from Kazakh: Аk tas - white stone) - urban-type settlement in the Karaganda region in Kazakhstan. It is in submission to the city administration of Sarani. The administrative center and the only settlement Aktas village administration. The village is located 18 km south-west of the city of Karaganda. Code KATO - 352231100.

Founded in 1950 in connection with the development of the western section of the Karaganda coal pool. Got his name because of the development of white clay.

In the village concentrating factory TcOF, tire-repairing plant, a large motorcade. There is a mine number 121 "Aktasskaia" and number 122 "Kuzembaeva." The Karaganda-Topar highway passes through Aktas. Karaganda-Saran road passes nearby.

Population
In 1999, the population was 9260 people (4331 men and 4929 women). According to the 2009 census, 8252 people (3816 men and 4436 women) lived in the village.

Links

 * Страница, посвящённая посёлку, на сайте города Сарань
 * О. Лушникова. История моего посёлка