Dossor

Dossor or Bos-Sor, ДОССОР (Kazakh: Доссор, Dossor) is a town in the Makat District, Atyrau Region of western Kazakhstan.[1]

Dossor
Town
Coordinates: 47°31′38″N 52°58′52″E
CountryKazakhstan
RegionAtyrau Region
Time zoneUTC+5 (Central Asia Time)

In 2011, sixteen freight cars loaded with sulfur were left in the town for 26 days, and residents became ill. Activists blocked the railroad tracks and demanded the cars be removed.[2]

References

  1. "Traveling Luck for Dossor, Atyraū, Kazakhstan". Traveling Luck. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. "Kazakh Activists Block Rail Tracks In Sulfur Protest". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2015-10-15.


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