Official Name: | Dossor |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Atyrau Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central Asia Time |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 47.5272°N 52.9811°W |
Dossor or Bos-Sor, ДОССОР (kk|Доссор, Dossor) is a town in the Makat District, Atyrau Region of western Kazakhstan.[1]
In 2011, sixteen freight cars loaded with sulfur were left in the town for 26 days, and residents became ill. Activists blocked the railroad tracks and demanded the cars be removed.[2]