Shymkent

#262 in World

Kazakhstan

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Population

1.2M

Coordinates

42.3167, 69.5950

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Shymkent is a city in southern Kazakhstan, close to the border with Uzbekistan. For administration, it is one of three cities of republican significance in Kazakhstan, the others being Almaty and Astana.

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