Local time
Thu, 2:05 AM GMT+5Asia/QyzylordaCity
Shymkent
42.32° N, 69.60° E
- Population
- 465,392
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 2 of 28
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 28 cities of Kazakhstan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Kazakhstan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1101
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 506 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 347 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
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Practical bearings for Shymkent, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Shymkent have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
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