Dossor

Dossor
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Coordinates: 47°31′38″N 52°58′52″E / 47.52722°N 52.98111°E / 47.52722; 52.98111
CountryKazakhstan
RegionAtyrau Region
Time zoneUTC+5 (Central Asia Time)

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

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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