Turkistan Region | |
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Coordinates: 43°00′N068°30′E / 43.000°N 68.500°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Capital | Turkistan |
Government | |
• Akim | Nuralkhan Kusherov [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 117,249 km2 (45,270 sq mi) |
Population (2013-02-01) [3] | |
• Total | 2,685,009 |
• Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
GDP (Nominal, 2024) | |
• Total | KZT 4,507 billion (US$ 9.465 billion) · 12th |
• Per capita | KZT 2,097,200 (US$ 4,404) |
Time zone | UTC+5 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
Postal codes | 160000 |
Area codes | +7 (725) |
ISO 3166 code | KZ-YUZ |
Vehicle registration | 13, X |
Districts | 11 |
Cities | 8 |
Townships | 13 |
Villages | 932 |
HDI (2022) | 0.785 [5] high · 6th |
Website | www |
Turkistan Region, [a] formerly known as South Kazakhstan Region [b] from 1992 to 2018 and Chimkent Region [c] from 1963 to 1991, is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan, bordering Uzbekistan. It had a population of 2,088,510 as of the 2022 Kazakhstan census.
The region's capital is Turkistan, formerly Shymkent until 2018. Other cities in the region include Sayram, Kentau, Arys, Shardara, Zhetisai, Saryagash, and Lenger.
This region and Atyrau Region are Kazakhstan's two smallest regions; both are about 117,300 square kilometers in area.
Turkistan Region borders the neighboring country of Uzbekistan (and is also very near the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent), as well as three other Kazakhstan regions: Karaganda Region (to the north), Kyzylorda Region (to the west), and Jambyl Region (to the east).
The Syr Darya passes through the region on its way to the Aral Sea.[ citation needed ] An oil pipeline runs from Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan to Omsk, Russia (where it connects with a larger, Siberian pipeline) through South Kazakhstan.[ citation needed ] Oil, lead and zinc are refined in Shymkent.[ citation needed ]
The region had a population of 2,088,510 as of 2022; 2,469,367 (2009 census results); [6] 1,978,339 (1999 census results). [6]
The Region was created as South Kazakhstan Oblast in Kazakh SSR of Soviet Union. Between 1962 and 1992 it was named Chimkent Oblast. The administrative center of the Region was Shymkent. On 19 June 2018 Shymkent was taken out of the Region and subordinated directly to the government of Kazakhstan, the administrative center moved to Turkistan, and the Region renamed Turkistan Region. [7]
As of 2013, the region was administratively divided into eleven districts and the cities of Shymkent, Arys, Kentau, and Turkistan. [8]
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