Saryqobda

Summary

Saryqobda (Kazakh: Сарықобда, Saryqobda) is an aul in the Aktobe Region of Kazakhstan. It was known until 1993 as Bessarabka (Kazakh: Бессарабка, Bessarabka).[1] Together with the village of Moldavanka, it one of the two villages founded by Bessarabian Romanian immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century in Kazakhstan.[2]

Saryqobda
Сарықобда
Saryqobda is located in Kazakhstan
Saryqobda
Saryqobda
Location in Aktobe Province, Kazakhstan
Saryqobda is located in Asia
Saryqobda
Saryqobda
Saryqobda (Asia)
Coordinates: 49°48′33″N 56°26′49″E / 49.80917°N 56.44694°E / 49.80917; 56.44694
Country Kazakhstan
RegionAktobe
DistrictAlga District
Population
 (2009)
 • Total428

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  1. ^ "Об упоpядочении тpанскрибиpования на pусском языке казахских топонимов, наименовании и пеpеименовании отдельных администpативно-теppитоpиальных единиц Республики Казахстан" (in Kazakh). Legal information system of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 4 May 1993.
  2. ^ Lazar, Simona; Cires, Tudor (27 March 2012). "MICA ROMÂNIE din Kazahstan. Cum au supraviețuit 40.000 de români în stepele Asiei". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian).