Kartaly is a town and the administrative center of Kartalinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the valley of the Kartaly-Ayat …Kartaly is a town and the administrative center of Kartalinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the valley of the Kartaly-Ayat River, 260 kilometers southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 29,131 ; 29,908 ; 37,132.