Shymkent

Shymkent is a city in southern , close to the border with . Shymkent is the third-largest city in Kazakhstan, and serves as a regional cultural and economic center.
  • City with about 1,190,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 510 metres (1,660 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code CIT
  • Description: city in Kazakhstan
  • Postal code: 160000
  • Historically known as
    “Chimkent”
    “Черняевка”

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Latitude
42.3147° or 42° 18′ 53″ north
Longitude
69.5883° or 69° 35′ 18″ east
UN/LOCODE
KZ SHY, KZ ZAA, and KZ CIT
Open location code
8JJF8H7Q+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Shymkent” goes by many names.
ShymkentAfrikaans
SjimkentAfrikaans
ShymkentAlbanian
ሽምክንትAmharic
شيمكنتArabic
ShymkentAragonese
ՇիմքենդArmenian
ՇիմքենտArmenian
ShymkentAsturian
ÇimkəndAzerbaijani
ShymkentBalinese
ШымкентBashkir
ShimkentBasque
TximkentBasque
XymkentBasque
ЧымкентBelarusian
ШымкентBelarusian
শিমকেন্টBengali
ŠimkentBosnian
ШимкентBulgarian
ШумкентBulgarian
ШъмкентBulgarian
ŞymkentCatalan
TximkentCatalan
XimkentCatalan
ShymkentCebuano
Shymkent (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
شمکێنتCentral Kurdish
ШымкентChechen
奇姆肯特Chinese
希姆肯特Chinese
ШымкентChuvash
ŞımkentCrimean Tatar
ŠimkentCroatian
ČimkentCzech
ŠymkentCzech
ShymkentDanish
ChimkentDutch
ShymkentDutch
ŞımkentDutch
SjimkentDutch
شيمكنتEgyptian Arabic
ĈimkentoEsperanto
ShymkentEsperanto
ŜimkentoEsperanto
ŠõmkentEstonian
TšimkentEstonian
ŞımkentFinnish
ŠymkentFinnish
ŞımkentGagauz
ShymkentGalician
შიმქენთიGeorgian
ΣιμκέντGreek
શિમકેંટGujarati
ShymkentHausa
צ’ימקנטHebrew
שימקנטHebrew
शिमकंदHindi
शिमकेंटHindi
CsimkentHungarian
SimkentHungarian
SjimkentIcelandic
ŞımkentIdo
ShykmentIndonesian
ShymkentIndonesian
ShymkentInterlingue
ShymkentIrish
ShimkentItalian
ShymkentItalian
ŞımkentItalian
ŠymkentItalian
シムケントJapanese
ShymkentJavanese
ಶಿಮ್ಕೆಂಟ್Kannada
ShımkentKara-Kalpak
SzëmkentKashubian
ShymkentKazakh
ŞymkentKazakh
ЧерняевKazakh
ШымKazakh
ШымкентKazakh
ШымқалаKazakh
شىمكەنتKazakh
ЧымкенKirghiz
ЧымкентKirghiz
쉼켄트Korean
심켄트Korean
침켄트Korean
ShymkentLadino
ŠymkentLatin
ŠimkentaLatvian
ČerniajevasLithuanian
ČimkentasLithuanian
ŠymkentasLithuanian
SchymkentLuxembourgish
ShymkentMacedo-Romanian
ШимкентMacedonian
ShymkentMalay
ShymkentMaltese
शिमकेंतMarathi
ШымкэнтMoksha
ШымкентMongolian
ShymkentNeapolitan
SchymkentNorthern Frisian
SjymkentNorwegian
TsjimkentNorwegian
SjymkentNorwegian Bokmål
TsjimkentNorwegian Bokmål
SjymkentNorwegian Nynorsk
TsjimkentNorwegian Nynorsk
ShimkentNovial
ShymkentOromo
ШымкентOssetian
ਸ਼ਿਮਕੰਟPanjabi
چمکندPersian
چیمکنتPersian
چیمکندPersian
شمکندPersian
شیمکنتPersian
CzymkentPolish
SzymkentPolish
SzymkientPolish
شمکنتPushto
ShymkentRomanian
ȘîmkentRomanian
ШымкентRussia Buriat
ЧимкентRussian
ШымкентRussian
ШымкентRusyn
SimikenetaSamoan
ShymkentSardinian
ShymkentScots
ŠimkentSerbian
ШимкентSerbian
ShymkentSicilian
SzymkentSilesian
ශිම්කෙන්ට්Sinhala
ŠimkentSlovenian
ShymkentSomali
ШымкентSouthern Altai
ShymkentSwahili
SjymkentSwedish
TjernjevSwedish
TjimkentSwedish
ŞimkentTajik
ЧимкандTajik
ЧимкентTajik
ШимкентTajik
சிம்கென்ட்Tamil
ЧимкәнтTatar
ЧимкентTatar
షేమకెంట్Telugu
ShymkentTetum
เชิมเกนต์Thai
เชิมเกียนต์Thai
ÇimkentTurkish
ŞimkentTurkish
ÇimkentTurkmen
ШымкентTuvinian
ШымкентUdmurt
ЧімкентUkrainian
ШимкентUkrainian
ČimkentUpper Sorbian
ŠymkentUpper Sorbian
شیمکنتUrdu
ChimkentUzbek
ŞımkentVenetian
ŠimkentVeps
ShymkentVietnamese
ShymkentVolapük
ShymkentWaray (Philippines)
ShymkentWelsh
ՇիմքենթWestern Armenian
ШымкентWestern Mari
شمکینتWestern Panjabi
奇姆肯特Wu Chinese
希姆肯特Wu Chinese
ШымкентYakut
苫勤Yue Chinese
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