Saryshaghan
Saryshaghan is a town in Kazakhstan located on the coast of Lake Balkhash at Latitude : 46° 7' 9 N Longitude : 73° 37' 9 E in Karaganda Region. Its population is estimated at 11,000 inhabitants.
Sary Shagan is a site of the major anti-ballistic missile defense test range in the Soviet Union. The first non-nuclear interception of a ballistic missile warhead by a missile was accomplished there on 4 March 1961.
History
On July 16, 1954, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR, the Sary-Shagan village council was formed as part of the Shet District with its center in the settlement at the Sary-Shagan [railway station], including settlements at the Kara-Zhingil and Naualy railway stations and transferring the village council to the administrative subordination to the Balkhash City Council.Since 1956 it has been an urban-type settlement.