Esik

E1043117

Esik is a town in southeastern Kazakhstan known for its proximity to the ancient Issyk burial mound and the discovery of the famed "Golden Man" archaeological find.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Esik canonical 2
Esil 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Saka culture ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
countrySubdivision Almaty Region ⓘ
distanceToAlmaty approximately 50 km east ⓘ
hasAttraction Golden Man monument ⓘ
local history museum ⓘ
hasClimate continental climate ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important site for Kazakh national heritage ⓘ
hasEconomySector agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage Scythian-period archaeological sites ⓘ
hasNearby Golden Man archaeological site ⓘ
Issyk Lake ⓘ
linked to: Issyk-Kul

Issyk burial mound ⓘ
Issyk kurgan ⓘ
hasPostalCountryCode KZ ⓘ
hasTransport regional road connections to Almaty ⓘ
knownFor discovery of the Golden Man ⓘ
proximity to Issyk burial mound ⓘ
languageUsed Kazakh ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Almaty Region ⓘ
southeastern Kazakhstan ⓘ
locatedInContinent Asia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Asia ⓘ
locatedNear Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ⓘ
locatedOn Issyk River ⓘ
linked to: Karakol River
nearbyCity Almaty ⓘ
partOf Enbekshikazakh District ⓘ
timeZone UTC+6 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European route E123 → passesThrough → Esil ⓘ
linked to: Esik
Southeastern Kazakhstan → hasCity → Esik ⓘ
subject linked to: southeastern Kazakhstan