Ushtobe

a city and the administrative center of Karatal Raion, Taldy-Kurgan Oblast, Kazakh SSR. Ushtobe has a railroad station on the Semipalatinsk-Alma-Ata line, 49 km northwest of the city of Taldy-Kurgan. Industry includes a machine repair shop, a meat-packing plant, and butter, garment, and yurt factories.