Ushkonyr ( kk, Үшқоңыр, ''Üşqoñyr''), formerly known as Shamalgan ( kk, Шамалған, ''Şamalğan'') or Chemolgan (russian: Чемолган), is a rural community near
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
in
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. It is notable as the birthplace of former
Kazakh president
Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
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References
Populated places in Almaty Region
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