Chundzha
Chundzha
Чонҗа Шонжы | |
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Village | |
  Chundzha Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 43°32′30″N 79°28′13″E / 43.54167°N 79.47028°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Almaty Region |
| District | Uygur District |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 17,263[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (Time in Kazakhstan) |
Chundzha (Uyghur: Чонҗа, Chonja, Kazakh: Шонжы, Şonjy) is a selo and the administrative center of Uygur District of Almaty Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. It is located on the A352 road.
Population
[edit]Its population was 18,008 (2009 Census results);[2] and 20,095 (1999 Census results).[2]
Thermal springs in Chundzha
[edit]The most famous thermal baths are located in the village of Chundzha, 250 km from Almaty, where the journey by car takes about 4–4.5 hours. Water in springs with a high content of radon and silicon. Water from thermal springs is used to treat various kinds of diseases, including diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory tract. According to studies carried out in 2010, the water in the springs of the Karadalinsky field in the Uygur district of the Almaty region is a medical and canteen weakly mineralized acrotherm (hypertherma) of a complex sulfate-hydrocarbonate-chloride sodium composition.[3]
Origin of the name
[edit]Focusing on the work of the Mongolian language researcher Napil Bazylkhan, Alimgazy Dauletkhan left the following notes in the name of Chundzha: The last toponymic name of the fortress at the junction of nine roads, built by the heirs to the throne of Dschinghis Khan and monitoring the well-being of military and trade routes military (station, fire - means Lenger- Chundzha), came down to us as "Chundzha". “In modern Mongolian language occurs in the form of Conji. In the Kazakh language it is found as a toponym represented by "Шонжы". The meaning of the word "Conji" in the Mongolian language: 1. A high rock that guards from afar. 2. (figurative) Fortress; Fortification protecting the border areas”. Therefore, the word Conji translated into the Kazakh language are now used as "Chundzha" or “Шонжы”.[4] In East Turkestan, near the city of Urimсhi, there is a district called "Shonzhi" where local Kazakhs are densely populated.
According to a report made by russian colonel Nikolai Friederiks in 1869, toponym "Chundzja" comes from the name of chinese citizen Junji of taranchi tribe.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan by sex by regions, cities, districts, district centers and towns at the beginning of 2019". Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Archived from the original on 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ Александра Декастро. Горячие источники в Казахстане. Обзор. 2021
- ^ stan.kz. "Жер-су, елді мекенге адам атын беру қазаққа жат": Тарихшы Шонжы атауының өзгертілуіне қарсы. 2020.
- ^ Фридерикс, Николай Евстафьевич. "Туркестанъ и его реформы".
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