Sary-Ozek, Jetisu Region

Sary-Ozek (Kazakh: Сарыөзек, Saryözek) is a village and in and the administrative center of Kerbulak District, Jetisu Region, Kazakhstan.

The 68th Missile Brigade of the 31st Rocket Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces (ground-based installations of R-2 missiles, then silo installations of the R-14 "Chusovaya") was based in Sary-Ozek from 1965.

[2] According to the 2009 census, 12,291 people lived in the village (5,972 men and 6,319 women).

[2] As of January 1, 2016, the population of the village was 13,757 people (6,653 men and 7,104 women).

[3] The village has the Sary-Ozek railway station on the Semey - Almaty line 93 km southwest of the city of Taldykorgan, railway transport enterprises and a grain elevator.