Kentaū

Kazakhstan
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Kazakh:
“Ore Mountains”

Kentaū, city, south-central Kazakhstan. It is located on the slopes of the Qarataū mountain range.

Kentaū was formed in 1955 from several settlements and grew rapidly as a city, with a plant for enriching polymetallic ores and reinforced concrete (ferroconcrete), transformer, and excavator works. The city is linked by road to a railway station on the line between Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Orenburg, Russia. Pop. (2009) 57,121; (2012 est.) 61,860.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray.