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Stepnogorsk

Central Asia

Stepnogorsk is a city in Akmola Region, northern Kazakhstan, built from scratch beginning in 1964 as a closed Soviet city to serve the Tselinny Mining and Chemical Combine. The combine processed uranium and related ores from nearby deposits and became the Soviet Union's second-largest uranium processing center, making Stepnogorsk a secret city valued for its role in the Soviet nuclear weapons program; its uranium mine was reported shut down in 2015.

Facts
Population
46,947 1
Founding Year
1959 1
Population Estimate Year
2016 1
Latitude
52.346944 degrees north 1
Longitude
71.881667 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Stepnogorsk (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 46,947 (2016)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 52.346944, longitude 71.881667
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 46947 (2016)
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Stepnogorsk (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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