Satbayev (city)

Satbayev
Сәтбаев
Sätbaev
Satbayev
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 47°54′0″N 67°32′0″E / 47.90000°N 67.53333°E / 47.90000; 67.53333
CountryKazakhstan
RegionUlytau Region
Government
  Akim (mayor)Murat Buribayev
Population
 (2009)
  Total
60,105
Time zoneUTC+5
Postal code
101300
Area code+7 1063

Satbayev, formerly named Nikolsky until 1990, is a city in Kazakhstan's Ulytau Region. The city is named after Kanysh Satbayev, one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny, principal advocate and the first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences. As of 2019, the city had a population of 69,782.