Turkistan Oblast

Turkistan Region, formerly known as South Kazakhstan Region from 1992 to 2018 and Chimkent Region from 1963 to 1991, is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan, bordering .
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  • Region of Kazakhstan with 2,890,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 286 metres (938 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code HSA
  • Also known as
    “South Kazakhstan Province”
    “Turkestan Region”
    “Turkistan”
    “Turkistan Region”
  • Historically known as
    “Chimkent Oblast”
    “South Kazakhstan”
    “South Kazakhstan Region”
  • Neighbors:

Turkistan Oblast

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Latitude
43.25° or 43° 15′ north
Longitude
68.6667° or 68° 40′ east
Open location code
8JMC7M28+2M
Geo­Names ID
1524787
Wiki­data ID
Q815330

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Turkistan Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Kazakhstan Seulatan”
  • Amharic: “ቱርክስታን”
  • Arabic: “أوبليس تركستان”
  • Arabic: “أوبليس كازاخستان الجنوبي”
  • Armenian: “Հարավ-Ղազախստանյան մարզ”
  • Awadhi: “दक्खिन क़ाज़ाक़स्तान प्रांत”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Qazaxıstan əyaləti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Türkistan vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Türkistan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Türküstan vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Төркөстан өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko Kazakhstan”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Казахстанская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Казахстанская вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Туркестанская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Туркестанская вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Чымкенцкая вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Шымкенцкая вобласць”
  • Bengali: “তুর্কিস্তান”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ কাজাখস্তান অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Туркестанска област”
  • Bulgarian: “Южноказахстанска област”
  • Catalan: “Kazakhstan del Sud”
  • Catalan: “província del Kazakhstan Meridional”
  • Catalan: “província del Türkıstan”
  • Catalan: “Província del Türkıstan”
  • Cebuano: “Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast’”
  • Chechen: “Къилба-Казахстанан область”
  • Chechen: “Туркестанан область”
  • Chinese: “南哈萨克斯坦州”
  • Chinese: “南哈薩克州”
  • Chinese: “南哈薩克斯坦州”
  • Chinese: “图尔克斯坦州”
  • Chinese: “圖爾克斯坦州”
  • Chinese: “突厥斯坦州”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Türkistan vilâyeti”
  • Czech: “Jihokazašská oblast”
  • Czech: “Turkestánská oblast”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Türkistan”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Zuid-Kazachstan”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Suda Kazaĥio”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Turkistano”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Turkistano”
  • Esperanto: “Turkistana provinco”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Kasahstani oblast”
  • Estonian: “Türkistani oblast”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Kazakstanin alue”
  • Finnish: “Türkistanin alue”
  • Finnish: “Türkıstanin alue”
  • French: “Kazakhstan-Méridional”
  • French: “Oblys de Turkestan”
  • French: “oblys du Turkestan”
  • French: “Turkestan”
  • Galician: “provincia de Turkestán”
  • Georgian: “თურქესტანის ოლქი”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ ყაზახეთის ოლქი”
  • German: “Gebiet Türkistan”
  • German: “Südkasachstan”
  • German: “Turkestan”
  • German: “Türkistan”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Τουρκιστάν”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ કઝાકિસ્તાન પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Turkistan”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הדרום (קזחסטן)”
  • Hindi: “तुर्किस्तान प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कज़ाख़स्तान प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण क़ज़ाख़स्तान प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Türkisztán”
  • Icelandic: “Suður-Kasakstanfylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Türkistan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Kazakhstan Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Turkistan”
  • Italian: “Kazakistan Meridionale”
  • Italian: “regione del Kazakistan Meridionale”
  • Italian: “regione del Turkestan”
  • Italian: “Regione di Turkistan”
  • Italian: “Turkestanskaja oblast‘”
  • Italian: “Túrkistan oblysy”
  • Japanese: “テュルキスタン州”
  • Japanese: “トルキスタン州”
  • Japanese: “南カザフスタン州”
  • Javanese: “Turkistan”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕಝಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Oñtüstık Qazaqstan oblysy”
  • Kazakh: “Türkıstan oblysy”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы” (historical)
  • Kazakh: “Түркістан облысы”
  • Kazakh: “Түркістан”
  • Kirghiz: “Түркстан облусу”
  • Korean: “남카자흐스탄주”
  • Korean: “튀르케스탄주”
  • Korean: “튀르키스탄주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidkazahstānas apgabals”
  • Latvian: “Tirkistanas apgabals”
  • Latvian: “Turkestānas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Kazachstano sritis”
  • Lithuanian: “Turkestano sritis”
  • Macedonian: “Јужноказахстанска Област”
  • Macedonian: “Туркестанска Област”
  • Macedonian: “Туркистанска Област”
  • Malay: “Turkistan”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Kazakhstan Selatan”
  • Marathi: “तुर्कीस्तान विभाग”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण कझाकस्तान प्रदेश”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण कझाकस्तान”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی قزاقستون”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdkasachstaan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Turkistaan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “regionen Sør-Kasakhstan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Kasakhstan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Turkistan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Kasakhstan oblast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Turkistan oblast”
  • Oromo: “Turkistan”
  • Ossetian: “Туркестаны облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਤੁਰਕਿਸਤਾਨ”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕਜ਼ਾਖ਼ਸਤਾਨ”
  • Persian: “استان ترکستان”
  • Persian: “ترکستان”
  • Polish: “obwód południowokazachstański”
  • Polish: “obwód turkiestański”
  • Polish: “Obwód turkiestański”
  • Portuguese: “Cazaquistão do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Cazaquistão Meridional”
  • Portuguese: “Região do Turquestão”
  • Portuguese: “Turquestão”
  • Portuguese: “Turquistão”
  • Pushto: “ترکستان”
  • Romanian: “Kazahstanul de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Turkistan”
  • Russian: “Туркестан”
  • Russian: “Туркестанская область”
  • Russian: “Южно-Казахстанская область” (historical)
  • Scots: “Sooth Kazakhstan Province”
  • Scots: “Sooth Kazakhstan Region”
  • Serbian: “Јужно-казахстанска област”
  • Serbian: “Туркестанска област”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු කසකස්තානය”
  • Slovenian: “Južno-kazahstanska oblast”
  • Somali: “Turkistan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورکوستان اوستانی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی قازاخیستان اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “provincia de Turkestán”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Turkestán”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Turkistan”
  • Spanish: “Turkistán”
  • Swahili: “Turkistan”
  • Swedish: “Sydkazakstan”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Қазоқистони Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Туркистон”
  • Tajik: “Туркистон”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கஜகஸ்தான் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Казакъстан өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Төркестан өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Түркістан”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ కజకిస్తాన్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นเตอร์กิสถาน”
  • Turkish: “Güney Kazakistan Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Türkistan Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Türkistan”
  • Uighur: “تۈركىستان ئوبلاستى”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Казахстанська область”
  • Ukrainian: “Туркестанська область”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی قازقستان صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Qozogʻiston viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Turkiston viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Turkiston”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Kazakhstan”
  • Vietnamese: “Turkistan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Kasahistan”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا لما قازقستان”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لما قازقستان”
  • Wu Chinese: “突厥斯坦州”
  • Yue Chinese: “突厥斯坦州”

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