Katon-Karagay district
General information about the disctrict
Center for sustainable development of eco-tourism of Kazakhstan
General strategy
Serik Zhunussov
Head of the Fund for Katon-Karagay district
Katon-Karagay district is located in the east of the East Kazakhstan region and consists of 7 rural districts and 27 villages.

The administrative center of the district is the village of Katon-Karagay.
Katon Economic Environment:
A cluster of conscious tourism
Social environment:
2 supporting villages with a high standard of living
Environment:
The country's first zero-emission area
Total area of ​​the district
9 407 км²
Population
10 267
General conclusions on the situation in the Katon-Karagay region
Key advantage of the region: beautiful, ecologically clean, untouched nature.

The main problem: the rapid outflow of the population and the deterioration of human capital.

The main reason is that basic needs are not provided: employment, education, health care, leisure and housing and living conditions.
Residents of Katon-Karagai district
about changes in their village
Dildar Kalikan, Akim of the district (from 2021 to 2024)
Amina Dzhumagulova, Director of the Secondary School in Uryl village
Amantai Baltabayev, honorary resident of Katon-Karagai district 
Zhanbolat Tynybekov, General Director of Katon-Karagaysky SNNP
Zhanar Sarsenbayeva, Head of the Entrepreneurship, Industry and Tourism Department of the distric
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