Semey

Semey, formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala, is a city in with a population of around 300,000 people.
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  • City with about 350,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 210 metres (680 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code PLX
  • …is also known as “Semipalatynsk”
  • Description: city in Eastern Kazakhstan, capital of Abay Region
  • Address: Семей Қ.Ә., 071400
  • Postal code: 071400
  • Historically known as
    “Alash-kala”
    “Semipalatinsk”
    “Семпалат”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spartak.
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is a stadium.

Semey

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Latitude
50.4044° or 50° 24′ 16″ north
Longitude
80.2497° or 80° 14′ 59″ east
UN/LOCODE
KZ PLX
Open location code
9M22C63X+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27524816
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1519422
Wiki­data ID
Q61944

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yakut—“Semey” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Semey”
  • Albanian: “Semej”
  • Amharic: “ሴሜ”
  • Arabic: “سيماي”
  • Armenian: “Սեմեյ”
  • Asturian: “Semey”
  • Azerbaijani: “Semey”
  • Bashkir: “Семей”
  • Basque: “Semei”
  • Belarusian: “Семей”
  • Belarusian: “Сяміпалацінск”
  • Bengali: “সেমে”
  • Bulgarian: “Семей”
  • Catalan: “Semei”
  • Catalan: “Semipalàtinsk”
  • Cebuano: “Semey”
  • Central Kurdish: “سێمێی”
  • Chechen: “Семей”
  • Chinese: “塞梅”
  • Chinese: “塞梅伊”
  • Chinese: “塞米伊”
  • Chinese: “塞米巴拉金斯克”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Semey”
  • Czech: “Semej”
  • Danish: “Semey”
  • Dutch: “Semey”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيماى”
  • Esperanto: “Semej”
  • Estonian: “Alaş-qala”
  • Estonian: “Semej”
  • Finnish: “Semey”
  • French: “Sémeï”
  • French: “Semey”
  • French: “Semipolalinsk”
  • Georgian: “სემეი”
  • German: “Semei”
  • German: “Semej”
  • German: “Semey”
  • Greek: “Σεμέι”
  • Gujarati: “સેમેય”
  • Hausa: “Semey”
  • Hebrew: “סמיי”
  • Hebrew: “סמיפלטינסק”
  • Hindi: “सेमे”
  • Hindi: “सेमेई”
  • Hindi: “सेमेय”
  • Hungarian: “Szemej”
  • Indonesian: “Semey”
  • Irish: “Semey”
  • Italian: “Alash-kala”
  • Italian: “Semej”
  • Italian: “Semey”
  • Japanese: “セミパラチンスク”
  • Japanese: “セメイ”
  • Javanese: “Semey”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಮೆಯ್”
  • Kazakh: “Semey”
  • Kazakh: “Семей қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Семей”
  • Kazakh: “Семипалатинск”
  • Kirghiz: “Семей”
  • Kirghiz: “Шемей”
  • Korean: “세메이”
  • Latin: “Septem Palatia”
  • Latvian: “Alaškala”
  • Latvian: “Semeja”
  • Latvian: “Semipalatinska”
  • Lithuanian: “Semėjus”
  • Lithuanian: “Semey”
  • Lithuanian: “Semipalatinskas”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Semey”
  • Macedonian: “Семеј”
  • Malay: “Daerah Semipalatinsk”
  • Malay: “Semey”
  • Marathi: “सेमेय”
  • Mazanderani: “سمي”
  • Moksha: “Семей”
  • Moksha: “Симей”
  • Mongolian: “Семей”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Semej”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Semej”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Semey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Semipalatinsk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Семей”
  • Norwegian: “Semej”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Semey”
  • Oromo: “Semey”
  • Ossetian: “Семей”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੇਮੇ”
  • Persian: “سمی”
  • Persian: “سمی‌پالاتینسک”
  • Persian: “سمیی، قزاقستان”
  • Persian: “سمیی”
  • Polish: “Semej”
  • Polish: “Semipałatyńsk”
  • Polish: “Siemipałatińsk”
  • Portuguese: “Semei”
  • Portuguese: “Semey”
  • Pushto: “سمې”
  • Romanian: “Semeı”
  • Russian: “Доржинкит”
  • Russian: “Семей”
  • Russian: “Семипалатинск” (historical)
  • Russian: “Семск”
  • Scots: “Semey”
  • Serbian: “Семей”
  • Serbian: “Семеј”
  • Serbian: “Семипалатинск”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Semej”
  • Silesian: “Semej”
  • Sinhala: “සෙමේ”
  • Slovenian: “Semej”
  • Slovenian: “Semipalatinsk”
  • Somali: “Semey”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سمئی”
  • Spanish: “Semey”
  • Spanish: “Semipalátinsk”
  • Swahili: “Semey”
  • Swedish: “Semej”
  • Tajik: “Семей”
  • Tajik: “Семипалатинск”
  • Tamil: “சிமெய்”
  • Tatar: “Семей”
  • Tatar: “Семипалатинск”
  • Tatar: “Симәй”
  • Telugu: “సెమి”
  • Thai: “เซเมย์”
  • Turkish: “Semey”
  • Turkmen: “Semey”
  • Turkmen: “Semipalatinsk”
  • Udmurt: “Семей”
  • Ukrainian: “Алаш-Кала”
  • Ukrainian: “Семей”
  • Ukrainian: “Семипалатинськ”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Semej”
  • Urdu: “سیمی”
  • Uzbek: “Semey”
  • Venetian: “Semej”
  • Veps: “Semei”
  • Vietnamese: “Semey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Semey”
  • Welsh: “Semey”
  • Western Panjabi: “سیمی”
  • Wu Chinese: “塞梅伊”
  • Yakut: “Семей”
  • Yakut: “Семипалатинск”
  • Yakut: “Семипалатинскай”

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