Aksu-Ayuly

Aksu-Ayuly is the district capital of Shet District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It is also the administrative center of the Aksu-Ayuly Rural District. Population:
The village is the birthplace of Kazakh poet Ikhlas Adambekov, as well as politicians Nurlan Äbdirov and Nurlan Dulatbekov, among other notable personalities.

History

The village was founded in 1931. In 1956, the Koktenkol molybdenum deposit was discovered 80 km southwest of the village.

Geography

Aksu-Ayuly lies in the Sherubainura river valley, at its confluence with the Aksu river, by the eastern slopes of Mount Ayuly. It is located by the Astana - Almaty highway, about to the southeast of Karaganda, the regional capital.