Saryqobda

Saryqobda Сарықобда
Aul
Saryqobda Location in Aktobe Province, Kazakhstan Show map of Kazakhstan Saryqobda Saryqobda (Asia) Show map of Asia
Coordinates: 49°48′33″N 56°26′49″E
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Aktobe
District	Alga District
Population  (2009)
• Total	428

Saryqobda (Kazakh: Сарықобда, Saryqobda) is an aul in the Aktobe Region of Kazakhstan. It was known until 1993 as Bessarabka (Kazakh: Бессарабка, Bessarabka).[1] Together with the village of Moldavanka, it one of the two villages founded by Bessarabian Romanian immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century in Kazakhstan.[2]

See also

• Romanians in Kazakhstan

References

1. "Об упоpядочении тpанскрибиpования на pусском языке казахских топонимов, наименовании и пеpеименовании отдельных администpативно-теppитоpиальных единиц Республики Казахстан" (in Kazakh). Legal information system of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 4 May 1993.
2. Lazar, Simona; Cires, Tudor (27 March 2012). "MICA ROMÂNIE din Kazahstan. Cum au supraviețuit 40.000 de români în stepele Asiei". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian).