Aralsk
E266641
Aralsk is a town in southwestern Kazakhstan historically known as a fishing port on the Aral Sea before the sea’s dramatic shrinkage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aralsk canonical | 6 |
| Aral (Kazakh) | 1 |
| Аральск (Russian) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOf | Aral District ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Aral Sea shrinkage ⓘ |
| country | Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Kyzylorda Region ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fish processing
ⓘ
fishing industry ⓘ |
| hasClimate | continental climate ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalProject | Aral Sea restoration efforts nearby ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Kazakhs
ⓘ
Russians ⓘ other Central Asian peoples ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
former seaport
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ |
| hasFunction | local administrative center ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
services
ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
economic decline after Aral Sea shrinkage
ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Kazakh language
ⓘ
surface form:
Kazakh
Russian ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Aralsk
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Aral (Kazakh)
Арал (Kazakh Cyrillic) ⓘ Aralsk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Аральск (Russian)
|
| hasNearbyBodyOfWater |
North Aral Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
North Aral Sea (residual part)
|
| hasNearbyFeature | former Aral Sea shoreline ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | multiethnic ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | loss of sea access due to Aral Sea desiccation ⓘ |
| historicalRole | fishing port ⓘ |
| isPortOf | Aral Sea ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kyzylorda Region
ⓘ
southwestern Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Aral Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOnTimeZone | UTC+5 ⓘ |
| partOf | Aral District ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Trans-Caspian Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
Orenburg–Tashkent railway
|
| region | Central Asia ⓘ |
| regionType | semi-arid ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure |
rail connection
ⓘ
road connection ⓘ |
| wasFoundedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| wasImportantFor | Soviet fishing fleet on Aral Sea ⓘ |
| wasPartOf |
Kazakh SSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| wasPortUntil | late 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aral (Kazakh)
this entity surface form:
Аральск (Russian)