Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan
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Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan overview
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city coat of arms
Shymkent (Chimkent - Russian spelling), also spelled cimkent, is a city and administrative center of South Kazakhstan region (oblast), Kazakhstan, in the valley of the Sayram River in the foothills of the Ugam Range at an altitude of 1,680 feet (512 m).
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city map location
Shymkent city of Kazakhstan population - 540,000 (2007).
Shymkent city of Kazakhstan calling code - +7-7252.
Shymkent city of Kazakhstan postal code - 160000.
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city winter time
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city view from plane
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan history
Originally Shymkent city was a settlement on the caravan route from central Asia to China. Shymkent city dates back at least to the 12th century and was more than once destroyed by nomad attacks.
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city Soviet past
After becoming part of the khanate of Kokand in the early 19th century, Shymkent city was captured by the Russians in 1864. A pharmaceutical works was constructed in Shymkent Kazakhstan in 1885.
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Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city pink tree
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan economy
Today Shymkent is the third largest city in Kazakhstan and a major industrial and cultural center, as well as an important railway junction.
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city architecture
Shymkent city has large lead, automatic press, and cement works, with chemical (processing phosphates from Karatau), food, and light industries.
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan main attractions
Shymkent city is a good place to stop to explore ancient cities of Otyrar, Turkestan and Sairam.
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city mosque
Shymkent Kazakhstan is the city of 540,000 inhabitants with a high proportion of Kazakh population. Under Tamerlaine's reign Shymkent was the most powerful trading centre in Kazakhstan, an important staging post on the Great Silk Road.
Shymkent (Chimkent) Kazakhstan city one more mosque
Located near the border with Uzbekistan, Shymkent city still engages in trade and has a booming bazaar open from 8 am till 8 pm.
Shymkent city is a good stopping place between Tashkent and Almaty also as a jumping-off point for Otrar, Turkistan, and Aksu-Zhabaghly nature reserve.
Shymkent city has teacher-training, technological, and cultural institutes, cement and Karakul-breeding research institutes, and Kazakh and Russian theatres. An old Asiatic quarter still remains in Shymkent city of Kazakhstan.
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