Jezkazgan or Zhezkazgan (Kazakh:Жезқазған / Jezqazğan/ جەزقازعان), formerly known as Dzhezkazgan (Russian:Джезказган, until 1992), is a city in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan, on a reservoir of the Kara-Kengir River. Population: 86,227 (2009 Census results);90,001 (1999 Census results). Its urban area includes the neighbouring mining town of Satpayev, for a total city population of 148,700.