Moiynkum District
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|leader_name = Ermek Karentaev{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://gurk.kz/news/naznachen-akim-mojy-nkumskogo-rajona|title=Назначен аким Мойынкумского района|website=gurk.kz|date=2024-09-06|access-date=}}
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Moiynkum ({{langx|kk|Мойынқұм ауданы}}, {{lang|kk-Latn|Moiynqūm audany}}) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the auyl of Moiynkum.{{Cite web |url=http://www.geonames.de/coukz-sub.html |title=www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages |access-date=2008-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170443/http://www.geonames.de/coukz-sub.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}
Geography
The district is named after the Moiynkum Desert and lies at the northeastern edge of the desert.{{cite web |title=L-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian) |url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/l-42.jpg |access-date=30 December 2024}}Google Earth.
Parts of it are in the lower basin of the Chu river, as well as by Lake Balkhash. Lakes Kashkanteniz and Karakol are located in the district.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/l-42.jpg|title=L-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=23 January 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/l-43.jpg|title=L-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=23 January 2023}}Google Earth.
References
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{{Jambyl Region}}
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Category:Districts of Kazakhstan
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