Taipak (Kazakh: Тайпақ), until 1996 known as Kalmykovo (Russian: Калмыково)[1] is a village in western Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Taipak Rural District (KATO code - 273273100), Akzhaik District in the West Kazakhstan Region. Population: 4,692 (2009 Census results);[2] 5,070 (1999 Census results).[2] The rural district includes Taipak, Tompak and Shabdarzhap (Шабдаржап), former Kharkino.[3]
Geography
Taipak is located on the right bank of the Ural River. The Bagyrlai flows 15 km (9.3 mi) to the west.[4][5]
^ ab"Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.