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 Uzbekistan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Kazakhstan with 2,890,000 residents
- Description: region of Kazakhstan
- Also known as: “South Kazakhstan Province”, “Turkestan Region”, “Turkistan”, and “Turkistan Region”
- Historically known as: “Chimkent Oblast”, “South Kazakhstan”, and “South Kazakhstan Region”
- Neighbors: Shymkent
Turkistan Oblast
- Location: Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Turkistan Oblast” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Kazakhstan Seulatan”
- Arabic: “أوبليس تركستان”
- Arabic: “أوبليس كازاخستان الجنوبي”
- Armenian: “Հարավ-Ղազախստանյան մարզ”
- Awadhi: “दक्खिन क़ाज़ाक़स्तान प्रांत”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Qazaxıstan əyaləti”
- Azerbaijani: “Türkistan vilayəti”
- 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: “দক্ষিণ কাজাখস্তান অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Туркестанска област”
- Bulgarian: “Южноказахстанска област”
- Catalan: “Kazakhstan del Sud”
- Catalan: “província del Kazakhstan Meridional”
- Catalan: “Província del Turquestan”
- 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: “Türkistan”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Τουρκιστάν”
- Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ કઝાકિસ્તાન પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הדרום (קזחסטן)”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण कजाखस्तान क्षेत्र”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण क़ज़ाख़स्तान प्रांत”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणी क़ज़ाख़्स्तान”
- 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”
- 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”
- 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”
- Ossetian: “Туркестаны облæст”
- Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕਜ਼ਾਖ਼ਸਤਾਨ”
- Persian: “استان ترکستان”
- Polish: “obwód południowokazachstański”
- Polish: “obwód turkiestański”
- Polish: “Obwód turkiestański”
- Portuguese: “Cazaquistão do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Cazaquistão Meridional”
- Portuguese: “Região do Turquestão”
- Portuguese: “Turquestão”
- 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”
- South Azerbaijani: “تورکوستان اوستانی”
- South Azerbaijani: “گونئی قازاخیستان اوستانی”
- Spanish: “provincia de Turkestán”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Turkestán”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Turkistan”
- Swedish: “Sydkazakstan”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Қазоқистони Ҷанубӣ”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Туркистон”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு கஜகஸ்தான் பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Көньяк Казакъстан өлкәсе”
- Tatar: “Төркестан өлкәсе”
- 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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