Zharly (Nurken Rural District)

Zharly (Жарлы) is a settlement in Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Nurken Rural District (KATO code - 354853100). Population:  Zharly is the birthplace of late Soviet Air Forces pilot Nurken Abdirov (1919 – 1942).

Geography
Zharly lies by the Zharly river in the Kazakh Uplands about 32 km to the southwest of the district capital Karkaraly.