Tarbagatay (, ) is a district of East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the village of Akzhar. The population is:
The administrative center of Tarbagatay District of East Kazakhstan Region was Aksuat until 2022, when the Aksuat District of Abai Region was established.
The climate in Tarbagatay is very continental. Winters are cold (in January average temperature âÂÂ22 ðá, âÂÂ30 ðá) and summers are hot (in July average temperature +25 ðá, +35 ðá). Precipitation is low (200âÂÂ300 mm/year) and occurs mostly in winter.
The name Tarbagatay is derived from Mongolian and literally means "having marmots" (specifically the Tarbagan marmot). However, tagh ~ taw ~ tay may be misinterpreted as meaning "mountain" by speakers of Turkic languages, such as the Kazakh language.
Tarbagatay District has 17 rural districts and 65 villages.
Ethnic groups (2009):
Tarbagatay's economy is agricultural, centered around the production of meat, fish, flour, and bread. The district's GDP is 503.9 million tenge, or roughly $3.4 million USD (2008).