Sagabuyen

Sagabuyen was a fortified settlement on the Buyen River, where the stream leaves the mountains for the plain. It stood on the northern route along the foothills of the Zhetysu Alatau, leading towards Lake Alakol and the Dzungarian Gate. The town is thought to have flourished in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. Its nearly square enclosure had towers along the walls, with houses and lanes within.