Information about the region

Shymkent is the third most populous and the first city in Kazakhstan by area, one of its largest industrial, commercial and cultural centers; it forms the second most populous agglomeration of the country.

Until June 19, 2018, it was the administrative center of the former South Kazakhstan (now Turkestan) region.

Abay district

Square: 490,7 {{ SL.chooseTranslation({ 'ru': 'км2', 'kz': 'км2', 'en': 'km2', }) }}

Abay district (kaz. Abai audany) is an administrative-territorial unit of the city of Shymkent in Kazakhstan. It was formed on April 10, 1973, abolished in 1996, restored in 2004.

Al-Farabi district

Square: 238,68 {{ SL.chooseTranslation({ 'ru': 'км2', 'kz': 'км2', 'en': 'km2', }) }}

Al-Farabi district (kaz. Al-Farabi Audany, formerly Dzerzhinsk district) is an administrative-territorial unit of the city of Shymkent in Kazakhstan, one of its four districts. Al-Farabi district is traditionally considered to be the central and densely populated in Shymkent, since it is home to important educational, administrative, historical, cultural and entertainment centers of the city.

Enbekshi district

Square: 206,6 {{ SL.chooseTranslation({ 'ru': 'км2', 'kz': 'км2', 'en': 'km2', }) }}

Enbekshi district (kaz. Enbekshi audany) is an administrative-territorial unit of the city of Shymkent in Kazakhstan. It was founded in 1932. Enbekshi district is characterized by the presence of large industrial enterprises with numerous jobs.

Karatau district

Square: 333,19 {{ SL.chooseTranslation({ 'ru': 'км2', 'kz': 'км2', 'en': 'km2', }) }}

Karatau district (kaz. Karatau audany) is an administrative-territorial unit of the city of Shymkent in Kazakhstan. It was formed in 2014. The name was proposed by the famous poet, writer, public figure Marhabat Baigut.

Square

1170 sq. km.

Neighboring regions and countries:

The city of Shymkent borders on the Turkestan region.
The border with the Republic of Uzbekistan and the capital city of Tashkent are located 100 km from the city.

Climatic conditions

The average annual air temperature is +13.0 °C.=
Relative air humidity - 57%.
The average wind speed is 2.2 m/s.

Geographical data

Shymkent (until September 8, 1992, Shymkent; kaz. Shymkent is a city in the south of Kazakhstan, one of the three cities of the country that have the status of republican significance; it is a separate administrative-territorial unit (the 17th region of the republic), which is not part of the surrounding region.

About the region

The city is included in the state program "Cultural Heritage" as one of the objects for the study and preservation of historical monuments. Work is underway here with the prospect of turning an ancient settlement in the center of a modern city into a historical and cultural park

The city has theaters, restaurants, a network of comfortable hotels, a technopark "World of Fantasy", a water park, where guests and tourists of the city will be received with special oriental hospitality. An interesting place in the city is the historical museum of ethnography, where there is an amazing art gallery, interesting are the zoo and arboretum, where unique species of plants growing in various zones are presented.

The cultural policy implemented in the city proceeds, first of all, from the established way of life of the population, the synthesis of original national cultures of the multi-ethnic society of Southern Kazakhstan. There are 19 cultural national centers in Shymkent: Kazakh, Slavic, Uzbek, Tatar-Bashkir, German, Jewish, Korean, Kurdish, Polish, Azerbaijani, etc.

Population 1181465

(as of september1, 2022, human)

GRP 106,3

(January-june 2022 to january-june 2021,%)

Inflation 16,5

(september 2022 pen to september 2021, %)

Average monthly salary 209 308

(I quarter of 2021, tenge)

Unemployment rate 5,0

(II quarter 2022, %)

*Excluding small businesses engaged in entrepreneurial activities.