Fun fact 2 about Taraz
city
The city was renamed Mirzoyan in 1936 after Levon Mirzoyan, but was later changed to Dzhambul in 1938 after the Kazakh folk singer Zhambyl Zhabayuly.
Taraz
Kazakhstan
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Taraz
Kazakhstan
Country
Kazakhstan
Population
360.0K
Coordinates
42.90, 71.37
Taraz is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan.
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