Akkaynar

Village in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

Akkaynar Аққайнар
village
43°10′0″N 76°2′22″E / 43.16667°N 76.03944°E / 43.16667; 76.03944
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Almaty Region
District	Zhambyl District
Population (2009)
• Total	2,754
Time zone	UTC+6 (Omsk Time)
Postal code	040602
Area code	72770

Akkaynar (Kazakh: Аққайнар, Aqqainar), formerly Prudki, is an agricultural village in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. It is located approximately 40 kilometres west of Kaskelen, not far from the border with Kyrgyzstan. There are petroglyphs in the lower parts of the namesake river valley, discovered in 2001 C.E. by J. Abubekerov and R. Sala.