Population: 156,000

Living in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan:
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Zhanaozen is a small town about 50 km from the Caspian Sea, the biggest lake on the planet, in the country called Kazakhstan. Zhanaozen is translated as “New River”. Ironically, the town is located in the desert and no rivers are to be seen. Zhanaozen is unique, because it has had an intense, somewhat violent history. It was first established by the nomadic tribe of Adais. Adais, with the hero named Shotan Jary, conquered the land from Uzbeks, according to the legend about a thousand years ago, in the pre-mongolic times.

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