Shymkent
city in Kazakhstan
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Summary
Shymkent is a big city[1]. Shymkent draws 7,921 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #153 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kazakhstan[3]
- Country: Kazakhstan[4], Kazakh Khanate[5]
- Head of government: Nurlan Sauranbaev[6], Сыздыкбеков, Габит Абдимажитович[7]
- Continent: Asia[8]
- Instance of: city[9], city of republican significance[10]
- Official language: Kazakh[11], Russian[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Stevenage[13], Khujand[14], Adana[15], Jeddah[16], Baiyin[17], Grosseto[18], İzmir[19], Pattaya[20], Mogilev[21], Eskişehir[22]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Shymkent[23]
- Postal code: 160000[24]
- Commons category: Shymkent[25]
- Licence plate code: X / Y / 17[26]
- Local dialing code: 7252[27]
- Inception: 1101[28]
- Official website: https://shymkent.gov.kz/[29], https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/shymkent[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Shymkent[31]
- Population: 854,500[32], 1,184,113[33], 1,191,877[34], 1,112,739[35], 1,074,167[36], 1,038,152[37], 951,605[38], 912,300[39], 885,799[40]
- Time of earliest written record: 600[41]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[42], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Shymkent[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Shymkent[48]
- Native label: Шымкент[49]
- Category for people buried here: Q7978878[50]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Shymkent[51]
- Owner of: Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium[52]
- Elevation above sea level: 506 m[53]
Body
Physical Characteristics
Shymkent covers an area of 347 km²[54].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Shymkent include Shymkent International Airport[55], an international airport[56], in Kazakhstan[57].
Why It Matters
Shymkent has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Shymkent is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for Shymkent include Shymkent International Airport[55], an international airport[56], in Kazakhstan[57].