Sooth Kazakhstan Region
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Sooth Kazakhstan Province (Kazakh: [Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы, Oñtüstik Qazaqstan oblısı] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the soothmaist province o Kazakhstan, wi a population o 2,282,500 fowk. Its caipital is Shymkent, wi 539,600 fowk. Ither ceeties in Sooth Kazakhstan include Turkestan, Sayram, Kentau, Arys, Shardara, Jetysu, Saryag'ash an Lenger. This province an Atyrau Province are Kazakhstan's twa smawest provinces; baith are aboot 117,300 square kilometers in aurie.
Sooth Kazakhstan Province Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы Южно-Казахстанская область | |
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Map o Kazakhstan, location o Sooth Kazakhstan Province heichlichtit | |
Coordinates: 43°00′N 068°30′E | |
Kintra | Kazakhstan |
Caipital | Shymkent |
Govrenment | |
• Akim | Askar Isabekovich Myrzakhmetov |
Area | |
• Total | 117300 km2 (45,300 sq mi) |
Population (2007-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 2,282,500 |
• Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+6 (East) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (no observit) |
Postal codes | 160000 |
Aurie codes | +7 (725) |
ISO 3166 code | KZ-ZHA |
Vehicle registration | X |
Destricts | 11 |
Ceeties | 8 |
Tounships | 13 |
Veelages | 932 |
Website | www.ontustik.gov.kz |
The Syr Darya passes throu the province, on its wey tae the Aral Sea. An aw, an ile pipeline runs frae Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan tae Omsk, Roushie (whaur it connects wi a lairger, Siberie pipeline) throu Sooth Kazakhstan. ile, lead an zinc are refined in Shymkent.