Shymkent
Shymkent is a city in southern Kazakhstan, close to the border with Uzbekistan. Shymkent is the third-largest city in Kazakhstan, and serves as a regional cultural and economic center.- …has 1,000,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 518 metres (1,699 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Chimkent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shymkent and Koshkarata.
Shymkent State Dendrological Park
Park
Shymkent State Dendrological Park is situated 7 km northeast of Shymkent.
Shymkent
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Latitude
42.3167° or 42° 19′ north
Longitude
69.5833° or 69° 35′ east
Open location code
8JJF8H8M+M8
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Shymkent” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሽምኬንት”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimkent”
- Bengali: “শিমকেন্ট”
- French: “Chymkent”
- German: “Shymkent”
- Hausa: “Shymkent”
- Japanese: “シムケント市”
- Javanese: “Shymkent”
- Kazakh: “Шымкент”
- Kirghiz: “Шымкент”
- Malay: “Shymkent”
- Oromo: “Shymkent”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਿਮਕੇਂਟ”
- Persian: “شیمکنت”
- Portuguese: “Shymkent”
- Pushto: “شيمکنت”
- Russian: “Шымкент”
- Somali: “Shymkent”
- Spanish: “Shymkent”
- Swahili: “Shymkent”
- Tajik: “Шимкент”
- Tatar: “Шымкент”
- Turkish: “Çimkent”
- Uzbek: “Shimkent”
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