Chimbulak
Chimbulak is a ski-resort in the mountains near Almaty, Kazakhstan. The times when mountain-skiing was only for the most courageous and well off have become a thing of the past.- Type: Sports venue
- Description: Ski resort near Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Also known as: “Shimbulak”, “Shymbulak”, “Şimbulak”, “Şımbulak”, “Шимбулак”, “Шымбулак”, and “瓊布拉克”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Talgar pass and Abay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medeu.
Medeu
Suburb
The Medeu is an outdoor speed skating and bandy rink. Medeu is situated 4 km northwest of Chimbulak.
Chimbulak
- Categories: ski resort, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Almaty Province, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
43.1285° or 43° 7′ 43″ north
Longitude
77.0813° or 77° 4′ 53″ east
Open location code
8JMV43HJ+9G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centre
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Uzbek—“Chimbulak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “新布拉克”
- Czech: “Šymbulak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شيمبولاك”
- Erzya: “Чимбулак”
- Finnish: “Shymbulak Mountain Resort”
- Finnish: “Shymbulak Ski Resort”
- French: “Chimbulak”
- German: “Schymbulaq”
- Icelandic: “Sjimbúlak”
- Japanese: “チェンブラク・スキー場”
- Kazakh: “Шымбұлақ”
- Korean: “심불라크”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shymbulak”
- Norwegian: “Shymbulak”
- Polish: “Szymbulak”
- Russian: “Горнолыжный курорт ‘Чимбулак’”
- Russian: “Чимбулак”
- Slovenian: “Šimbulak”
- Swedish: “Shymbulak”
- Swedish: “Sjymbulaq”
- Tatar: “Чимбулак”
- Turkish: “Çimbulak”
- Uzbek: “Shimbuloq”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Glaciological station T-1 (Tuyuksu) and Muztau.
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