Taikonyr

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Taikonyr (Kazakh) is a salt lake in the Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies 37 kilometers (23 mi) to the SSW of Aktogay, the district capital, and 45 kilometers (28 mi) to the west of Zhanatap village. Taikonyr has economic importance, there is commercial extraction of salt at the lake. Part of the salt is exported to the Russian Federation.

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