Turkistan Region
Turkistan Province or Turkistan Region (Kazakh: Түркістан облысы, Russian: Туркестанская область) is a region in the south of Kazakhstan. The capital is the city of Turkistan. As of the year of 2023, 2,119,063 people live here.[3] Until 2018, the region was called the South Kazakhstan Region.
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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°ECoordinates: 43°00′N 068°30′E / 43.000°N 68.500°E | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Formed | March 10, 1932 (as South-Kazak Region) |
| Capital | Turkistan |
| Government | |
| • Akim | Darkhan Satybaldy[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 117,249 km2 (45,270 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[3] | |
| • Total | 2,119,063 |
| • Density | 18.07319/km2 (46.80934/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (East) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (not observed) |
| Postal codes | 160000 |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-YUZ |
| Vehicle registration | 13, X |
| Districts | 11 |
| Cities | 7 |
| Townships | 13 |
| Villages | 932 |
| Website | www |
There are seven cities in this region: Turkistan, Arys, Kentau, Zhetisay, Saryagash, Lenger and Shardara.
Previously, there was a city in the region with a population of more than a million, Shymkent. It was the capital of the region. At that time three million people lived in the region. But in 2018 it was removed, and Turkestan became the capital of the region.[4]
References
- ↑ Дархан Сатыбалды сменил Умирзака Шукеева на посту акима Туркестанской области (in ru). inbusiness.kz (2022-08-31). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ↑ Official site – General Information Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Численность населения Республики Казахстан по полу и типу местности (in kk, ru). QazStat (2023-01-01).
- ↑ О некоторых вопросах административно-территориального устройства Республики Казахстан. Official website of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2018-06-19). Retrieved 2023-11-26.