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Turkistan Region
Түркістан облысы (Kazakh) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Map of Kazakhstan, location of Turkistan Region highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 43°00′N 068°30′E / 43.000°N 68.500°E | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| 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 | |
| • Total | KZT 3,517.3 billion US$ 7.618 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | KZT 1,671,800 US$ 3,621 (2022) |
| 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 South Kazakhstan Region[b] from 1992 to 2018 and Chimkent Region[c] from 1963 to 1991, is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan. It had a population of 2,088,510 as of 2022; 2,469,367 (2009 Census results);[6] 1,978,339 (1999 Census results).[6] Its capital is Turkistan, formerly Shymkent until 2018. Other cities in Turkistan 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. An oil pipeline runs from Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan to Omsk, Russia (where it connects with a larger, Siberian pipeline) through South Kazakhstan. Oil, lead and zinc are refined in Shymkent.
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]
- ^ "Kazakh President appoints new governor of Turkistan region". inform.kz. 6 January 2025.
- ^ Official site – General Information Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям с началa 2013 года до 1 февраля 2013 года (russisch; Excel-Datei; 55 kB).
- ^ DOSM. "Department of Statistics Kazakhstan". stat.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Публичное подписание Указа "О некоторых вопросах административно-территориального устройства Республики Казахстан"" (in Russian). President of Kazakhstan. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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