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Shu, Kazakhstan (other)
Shu, Kazakhstan may refer to: * Shu, in the Sozak District in South Kazakhstan Province * Town of Shu, in Kazakhstan's Akmola Oblast * Shu, Jambyl, frequently referred to as "Shu Station" * Shu or Chu River The Chu (Shu or Chüy) ( kk, Шу, Shu, شۋ; ky, Чүй, Chüy, چۉي; dng, Чў, Chwu (from , ''Chǔ''); russian: Чу, Chu) is a river in Northern Kyrgyzstan and Southern Kazakhstan. Of its total length of , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sozak District
Sozak ( kk, Созақ ауданы, ) is a district of Turkistan Region in southern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Sholakkorgan. Population: It contains the titular village of Sozak. Geography The Ashchykol Depression is located in the district. The archaeological remains of the ancient Kumkent fortification are located to the southwest of Kumkent village, near lake Kyzylkol.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia''. - Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...: Kazakh encyclopedias , 2005. - T. III. — ISBN 9965-9746-4-0 References Districts of Kazakhstan Turkistan Region {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akmola Oblast
Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is enclosed by the region, but is politically separate from Akmola Region. The region's population is 715,000; Kokshetau's is 157,000. Some gold and coal mining occur in the area. Geography The area of the region is 146,200 square kilometers. Akmola, along with Ulytau Region and Karaganda Region are Kazakhstan's only regions which don't touch the country's outer borders. The region borders North Kazakhstan Region in the north, Pavlodar Region in the east, Karagandy Region in the south, and Kostanay Region in the west. The Sileti river flows through the region. Etymology Akmola means "the white burial" in Kazakh. Demographics Ethnic groups (2020): * Kazakh: 51.83% *Russian: 32.55% * Ukrainian: 4.23% *German: 3.49% *Tatar: 1.77% *Polish: 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shu, Jambyl
Shu ( kz, Шу / Şu / شۋ), is a city in Jambyl Region of Kazakhstan. The city is located on the Shu River, and is populated by approximately 35,000 people. Transportation Shu is an important transportation hub for the southern Kazakhstan / northern Kyrgyzstan region. This is where the east-west Turkestan-Siberia railway is joined with the railway running north to Kazakhstan's new capital, Nur-Sultan and Petropavl, a city on the Transsiberian railway. There is no direct railroad from Shu to Bishkek serviced by Kazakhstani trains. This means that every day a large number of passengers travelling from Astana to Bishkek for example arrive in Shu by train and transfer to minivans and taxis to continue into Kyrgyzstan. Though it is possible to travel through Shu and on to Bishkek on Kyrgyz trains, it is much longer than transferring to a minivans for the 1.5 hour ride from Shu to Bishkek Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |