Jitiqara (Kazakh: Жітіқара, Jıtıqara; Russian: Житикара) is a town and the administrative center of Zhitikara District in Kostanay Region of northwestern Kazakhstan, close to the Kazakhstan–Russia border.

[4] In 1915, it was renamed Zhitikara (Dzhetygara), and subsequently granted urban-type settlement status.

Dzhetyhara was a part of Adamovsky District and the administrative center of Dzhetygarinskaya Volost.

On January 17, 1928 Kustanay Okrug of Aktobe Region was established, which included also Zhetigara District.

Jitiqara has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb),[7] characterized by frigid winters and warm summers.