Sarqant: facts

At a glance

• Country: Kazakhstan
• Region: Zhetysu Region
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 76,919
• Coordinates: 45.4132° N, 79.9171° E
• Time zone: Asia/Almaty (UTC+05:00)
• Currency: Tenge (KZT)
• Distance to the capital, Astana: 895 km (556 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Usharal Airport (USJ): 112 km (69 mi), straight line
• Taldykorgan Airport (TDK): 120 km (74 mi), straight line
• Bole Alashankou Airport (BPL, China): 196 km (121 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Zhansugurov: 32 km (20 mi)
• Bogdor, China: 100 km (62 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Taldykorgan, 129 km (80 mi)