What is "jezkazgan"

Jezkazgan or Zhezkazgan ( / Jezqazğan/ جەزقازعان), formerly known as Dzhezkazgan (, until 1992), is a city in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan, on a reservoir of the Kara-Kengir River. Population: Its urban area includes the neighbouring mining town of Satpayev, for a total city population of 148,700.

55% of Jezkagan population are Kazakhs, 30% Russians, with smaller minorities of Ukrainians, Germans, Chechens and Koreans.