What is Saran?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Saran | native_name = {{native name|kk|Саран|italics=off}} | native_name_lang = Kazakh | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | flag_size = | flag_alt = | flag_border = | flag_link = | image_seal = Герб Сарани.png | seal_size = | seal_alt = | seal_link = | seal_type = Coat of arms | etymology = [[Kazakh]]: сораң ([[salt marsh]]) | nickname = | coordinates = {{coord|49|47|N|72|51|E|type:city|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Kazakhstan#Asia | pushpin_label = Saran | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan | population_total = 34636 | population_as_of = 2023 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = 43816 | pop_est_as_of = 2023 | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Kazakhstan}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Karaganda Region]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1939 (as ''village of [[geologist]]s of Saran'') | established_title3 = Incorporated (city) | established_date3 = December 20, 1954 | government_type = | leader_title = [[Akim]] {{small|([[mayor]])}} | leader_name = Yerkin Baulykov<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/karaganda-saran/about/structure/people/1243?lang=ru|title=Баулыков Еркин Энглисович, аким города Сарани Карагандинской области|website=gov.kz|date=2021-09-23}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 174 | timezone = [[GMT+6]] | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = [[UTC+6]] | utc_offset_DST = +6 | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = 101200 | area_