| Bukhar-Zhyrau | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Official Name: | Бұқар жырау ауданы |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Mapsize1: | 150px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karaganda Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Botakara |
| Leader Title: | Akim |
| Leader Name: | Ablay Sultangali[1] |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1938 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 14576 |
| Population As Of: | 2013 |
| Population Total: | 63236 |
| Timezone: | East |
| Utc Offset: | +6 |
Bukhar-Zhyrau District (kk|Бұқар жырау ауданы, Kazakh: Būqar Jyrau audany) is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Botakara.[2] Population:
Formed in 1938 as Voroshilovsky District. In 1961, it was renamed into the Ulyanovsk District (the regional center Kolkhoznoye was renamed into the urban-type settlement Ulyanovsk). In 1997, the district was merged with Telmansky and renamed the Bukhar-Zhyrau district in honor of the Kazakh akyn Bukhar Zhyrau (the district center was renamed Botakara).[3]
Bukhar-Zhyrau District lies in the Kazakh Uplands. 1049m (3,442feet) high mount Semizbughy is the highest point in the district. Rudnichnoye lake is located near it.[4] [5]
