Ushtobe

Ushtobe (Kazakh: Үштөбе, Üştöbe) is a town and seat of Karatal District in the Jetisu Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan.

[1] The Central Hospital of District is located in Ushtobe.

The town is considered significant to Koryo-saram, ethnic Koreans of the mainland Soviet Union, as it served as the first dropoff point and community after their 1937 forced deportation to Central Asia.

[2][3][4] There is now a Kazakhstan–Korea Friendship Park that marks the location of their first community.

[4] There is also a Karatal Korean History Center that has exhibits with authentic houses and historical materials from their life in the area.