Ekibastuz

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Ekibastuz is a town in Pavlodar 'oblysy' (region), northeastern Kazakhstan. It has a population of 127,200 (1999 census). It was the location of a major forced-labor camp of the GULag system maintained by the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Near Ekibastuz there are two coal fired power plants: GRES-1, with installed capacity of 4000 megawatts, and GRES-2, with an installed capacity of 1000 megawatts. GRES-2 has the tallest chimney in the world (419.7 meters).

From Ekibastuz to Kokshetau runs an overhead powerline designed for a transmission voltage of 1150 kV, the Ekibastuz-Kokshetau powerline.

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