What is "balkhash"

Balkhash may refer to

• Balkhash (city), a city at Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan
• Balkhash Lake, a lake in Kazakhstan
• Balkhash perch, a species of perch found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and China
• Balkhash Airport, an airport near Balqash, Kazakhstan
• Balkhash District, a district in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
• Balkhash Marinka ( Schizothorax argentatus), a species of ray-finned fish
• Balkhash, a ship of the Soviet Union, formerly the SS Manoa

Balkhash (; ) is a city in Kazakhstan, located on the northern shore of the Lake Balkhash, on the Bay Bertys, and in south of Kazakh Uplands. Population of the city:

Balkhash was founded in 1937 as an industrial city centred on the mining and smelting of copper, and presently copper is still exploited there. The city lies approximately 500 km west of the Chinese border on the north side of the lake at an altitude of 440 m.

The history of the city is closely connected with mining of deposits of copper and development of a smelting plant.