{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Zhanaarka | other_name = Жаңаарқа | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = [[Town]] | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = Атасу кітапханасы.jpeg | image_caption = Municipal Library | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | pushpin_map = Kazakhstan | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan | pushpin_relief = yes <!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Kazakhstan]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Ulytau Region]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Kazakhstan|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Zhanaarka District]] <!-- Politics ----------------->| government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 14 | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population ----------------------->| population_as_of = 2019 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 17559 | population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = [[Time in Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan Time]] | utc_offset = +05:00 | coordinates = {{coord|48|41|02|N|71|38|15|E|region:KZ_type:city|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_ft = 1,594 | postal_code_type = Postcode<!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = 101500 | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Zhanaarka''',{{efn|{{blist|{{langx|kk|Жаңаарқа|Jañaarqa}}, {{IPA|kk|ʒɑŋɑ́.ɑrqʰɑ́|pron}}; {{lit|New Back}}|{{langx|ru|Жанаарка|Žanaarka}}, {{IPA|ru|ʐɐˌna.ɐrˈka|pron}}}}}} known as '''Atasu'''<ref>[https://adilet.zan.kz/kaz/docs/V20K0005726 Қарағанды облысы Жаңаарқа ауданындағы Атасу кентін қайта атау туралы (Number of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan by gender and type of local area —as of January 1, 2023)]</ref> until 2020, is a town in [[Zhanaarka District]], [[Ulytau Region]], [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of the district and the only populated center of the Atasu rural district (KATO code - 354430100).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kz/klassifikacii/DocLib/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5/katonew1.xls|title=База КАТО|publisher=Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927150729/http://www.stat.kz/klassifikacii/DocLib/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5/katonew1.xls|archive-date=2013-09-27|access-date=2024-04-28|url-status=live}}</ref> Population: {{Kz-census2009|14265|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|14281|punct=.}}<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/DocLib1/Население%20рус%201%20том.pdf|title=Итоги Национальной переписи населения Республики Казахстан 2009 года|publisher=Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513004943/http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/DocLib1/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%201%20%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC.pdf|archive-date=2013-05-13}}</ref>

==Geography== Zhanaarka is located {{convert|320|km|sp=us}} to the northeast of [[Zhezkazgan]] city, by the confluence of the [[Sarysu (river)|Sarysu]] and [[Zhaman Sarysu]] rivers. Lake [[Koktinkoli]] lies {{convert|35|km|sp=us}} to the southeast of the town.<ref name="STMa">{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/m-42.jpg|title=M-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref><ref>[[Google Earth]].</ref>

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