Saryqobda

Aul in Aktobe, Kazakhstan

Saryqobda Сарықобда
Aul
49°48′33″N 56°26′49″E / 49.80917°N 56.44694°E / 49.80917; 56.44694
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]

References

^ "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.
^ 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).