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Coordinates: 49°22′26″N 86°25′37″E / 49.37389°N 86.42694°E / 49.37389; 86.42694
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Berel'
Берел
Village
A school in Berel'
A school in Berel'
Berel' is located in Kazakhstan
Berel'
Berel'
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 49°22′26″N 86°25′37″E / 49.37389°N 86.42694°E / 49.37389; 86.42694
CountryKazakhstan
RegionEast Kazakhstan
DistrctKatankaragay
Rural districtZhambyl
Area
 • Total
2.26 km2 (0.87 sq mi)
Elevation
1,111 m (3,645 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
398
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)

Berel' (Cyrillic: Берел) is a village in Katonkaragay District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan, located at the confluence of the Belaya Berel and Bukhtarma rivers.[3]

History

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Berel' is rumoured to have existed since 7th century[4], but official records indicate that the village was incorporated into the Katonkaragay district in 1928, becoming a selsoviet with its own primary school.[5] The selsoviet was merged with another selsoviet "Uryl" in 1957. The village has not been municipally independent since.[6]

Hydrological observatories in Berel' have been used to study the Beleya Berel river starting in 1958.[4] And following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there have also been tensions over land redistribution and disagreement among the villagers over whether farms around Berel' should be state-owned or privatized, caused by frequent yellow fever and brucellosis outbreaks among the village's cattle - prompting Kazakh politician Sairov Erlan Biyahmetovich to meet with 20 activists from the village in 2022.[7][8][9][10][11]

The population of Berel' has fallen considerably since 1999, when it originally had 863 inhabitants, then 568 in 2009 (300 men and 268 women), then 398 in 2010. As of 2021, the village still has 398 residents (205 men and 193 women).[12][13][14]

In 2022, the main road that connected Berel' to the rest of Kazakhstan was temporarily closed down due to an avalanche.[15]

Tourism and economy

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Berel' is considered a control point for tourists visiting East Kazakhstan, with tourism and agriculture being the main drivers of its economy. As such, there is an agricultural cooperative, a community center, a rural library, a secondary school and a small community-owned tourist shop in Berel' that sells locally produced products, milk, cheese, jam, and other products.[16][17][18][19][20] Several kilometres southwest of Berel' is a group of kurgan archaeological sites from 5th to 3rd century BCE, containing golden jewellery owned by Early Saka nomads at the time, with some of the artifacts located in Berel''s local museum.[21] Along with several other parties, Berel' residents expressed strong support for and authorized excavation studies of the site to be undertaken both in 1998 and in 2019.[22][23][24][25]

In 2023, an environmental charity named Green Destinations assisted Berel' residents to set up their own community-based tourism industry with an emphasis on sustainability, continuing the local government's investment into Berel''s tourism industry two years prior.[26][27]

References

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  1. ^ "Google Maps".
  2. ^ "city-facts.com".
  3. ^ "Berel (360°) - Visit East Qazaqstan".
  4. ^ a b https://www.kazmab.kz/images/pdf/brochure_katon_karagay_eng.pdf
  5. ^ "МҰЗТАУДЫҢ КӨККЕ ӨРЛЕГЕН МҰЗБАЛАҒЫ | Қазақ Әдебиеті - QazaqAdebieti".
  6. ^ "Государственный архив Восточно-Казахстанской области и его филиалы".
  7. ^ "Шабындық және жайылымдық жер жетпейді".
  8. ^ http://zan.gov.kz/api/documents/128384/kaz/download/pdf
  9. ^ https://www.parlam.kz/a/blogs/sairov/Details/2/80269
  10. ^ https://zakon.uchet.kz/kaz/docs/V22VMC27587
  11. ^ "Шығыс Қазақстанда ІҚМ арасында бруцеллез анықталды". April 2022.
  12. ^ State Statistics Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  13. ^ http://stat.gov.kz/census/national/2009/region
  14. ^ "2021 жылғы халық санағы - Қазақстан Республикасы Стратегиялық жоспарлау және реформалар агенттігі Ұлттық статистика бюросы".
  15. ^ "Avalanches close down road e Kazakhstan".
  16. ^ "Berel village".
  17. ^ "Берел жұртында ардақталған «Егемен»".
  18. ^ "ᐉ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫЙ ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННЫЙ КООПЕРАТИВ "БЕРЕЛ-ТУР", БИН 240940028893 - проверить контрагента, риски, госзакупки, рейтинг | Бизнес Аналитик".
  19. ^ https://zakon.uchet.kz/kaz/docs/V11VM000101
  20. ^ "ᐉ ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННЫЙ КООПЕРАТИВ "СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫЙ ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННЫЙ КООПЕРАТИВ "АГРО-БЕРЕЛ"", БИН 171140036062 - проверить контрагента, риски, госзакупки, рейтинг | Бизнес Аналитик".
  21. ^ "Berel - Visit East Qazaqstan".
  22. ^ https://www.berel-museum.kz/en/2015-02-11-21-11-41/istoriya-muzeya.html
  23. ^ https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=32155
  24. ^ "SACRED GEOGRAPHY OF EAST KAZAKHSTAN - European Journal of Natural History".
  25. ^ "Шығыс Қазақстан Облысы Білім Басқармасы Катонқарағай Ауданы Бойынша Білім Бөлімінің "Берел Орта Мектебі" Коммуналдық Мемлекеттік Мекемесі".
  26. ^ https://www.greendestinations.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Thriving-Communities-2023-GPS-Katon-Karagay.pdf
  27. ^ "Биыл Катонқарағай ауданына 25 мыңнан астам турист келген".