Alatau
Alatau Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43°40′27″N 77°06′30″E / 43.6743°N 77.1082°E / 43.6743; 77.1082
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Almaty Region

Zhetigen (Kazakh: Жетіген, Jetıgen, جەتٸگەن; Russian: Жетыген, Zhetygen) is a small town in Almaty Region of Kazakhstan. It is located some 50 km north of Almaty, on the Turksib rail line.

Accident

The 600th Guards Air Base of the Kazakh Air Force is located at an airfield (43°43′59″N 77°07′00″E / 43.7330°N 77.1168°E / 43.7330; 77.1168) near Zhetigen. An airforce plane crashed near the town in 2008.^[1]