Kartaly (Russian: Карталы́) is a town and the administrative center of Kartalinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the valley of the Kartaly-Ayat River (left tributary of the Tobol), 260 kilometers (160 mi) southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast.

[citation needed] Town status was granted to it on April 17, 1944.

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kartaly serves as the administrative center of Kartalinsky District.

[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kartalinsky District as the Town of Kartaly.

[1] Media related to Kartaly at Wikimedia Commons