Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan

Jezkazgan, or Zhezkazgan (Kazakh: Жезқазған, romanized: Jezqazğan (listen)), formerly known as Dzhezkazgan (Russian: Джезказган) until 1992, is a city and the administrative centre of Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan, on a reservoir of the Kara-Kengir River. Population: 86,227 (2009 Census results); 90,001 (1999 Census results). Its urban area includes the neighbouring mining town of Satpayev, for a total city population of 148,700. 55% of Jezkazgan's population are Kazakhs and 30% Russians, with smaller minorities of Ukrainians, Germans, Chechens and Koreans.