- Source: Saryshaghan
Saryshaghan (Kazakh: Сарышаған, Saryşağan) is a town in Kazakhstan located on the coast of Lake Balkhash at Latitude (DMS): 46° 7' 9 N Longitude (DMS): 73° 37' 9 E in Karaganda Region. Its population is estimated at 11,000 inhabitants.
Sary Shagan is a site of the major antiballistic missile defense test range in the Soviet Union. The first nonnuclear intercept of a ballistic missile warhead by a missile was accomplished there on 4 March 1961.
History
On July 16, 1954, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR, the Sary-Shagan village council was formed as part of the Shet District with its center in the settlement at the Sary-Shagan railway station, including settlements at the Kara-Zhingil and Naualy railway stations and transferring the village council to the administrative subordination to the Balkhash City Council.
Since 1956 - an urban-type settlement.
Climate
Saryshaghan has a cold desert climate (Köppen: BWk) with very cold winters and hot summers.
