Central Highlands (Kazakhstan)

The Central Highlands of Kazakhstan is a huge, sparsely populated region larger in area than Pakistan, consisting of the endless steppe of the Aktobe and Karagandy provinces, as well as the western half of East Kazakhstan Province (i.e., the Soviet-era Semipalatinsk Oblast). Regions Cities Aktobe — big city on the step, now rapidly developing as a center for the oil industry in northwestern Kazakhstan Ayagoz — a small town and major stop on the Turkestan-Siberian Railway Balkhash — small city located on lake Balkhash about halfway between Astana and Almaty by bus Karaganda — a big Soviet coal mining city Semey — a Soviet-era atomic city (with the radiation levels to prove it), which earlier served as point of exile for one Fyodor Dostoevsky Temirtau Zhezkazgan — a medium sized mining city in western Karagandy Province, at what is nearly the exact center of the country Other destinations Karkaralinsk National Park Understand Talk Get in Get around See Itineraries Do Eat Drink Stay safe This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!