Zhambyl Province

Infobox Province of Kazakhstan
Kazakh_name = Жамбыл облысы
state_coa = Zhambyl_province_seal.pnglat_deg = 44 | lat_min = 0 | lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 72 | lon_min = 0 | lon_sec = 0

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ISOAbbrev = ZHA
capital = Taraz
largest_city =
governor = Zheksembin Boribay
raions = 10
cities = 4
towns =
villages = 367
area = 144200
area_source = [ [http://www.zhambyl.kz/main.php?action=contents&IDrazdel=1&lan=rus Official site - General Information] ]
population = 1000000
pop_date = 2005-12-01
pop_ref = [ [http://www.zhambyl.kz/main.php?action=contents&IDrazdel=1&lan=rus Official site - General Information] ]
utc_offset = +6
PLZ = 080000
area_code = +7 (726)
licence_plate = H
Website = http://www.zhambyl.kz/

Zhambyl Province ( _kz. Жамбыл облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Taraz. The population of the province is 1,000,000; the city is 335,100. The province borders Kyrgyzstan, and is very near Uzbekistan. Zhambyl also borders three other provinces: Karagandy Province, South Kazakhstan Province, and Almaty Province. The total area is 144,200 square kilometers. The province borders Lake Balkhash to its northeast. The province (and its capital during the Soviet era) was named after the Kazakh "akyn" (folk singer), Zhambyl Zhabaev.

Major cities

* Taraz
* Karatau
* Shu

History

See Taraz for a detailed account of the history of the provincial capital.

Economy

Important industries include rock phosphate mining (around Karatau). The Shu River valley is one of Kazakhstan's important areas of irrigated agriculture.

The core of the rail transportation network in the region is based on the east-west Turksib rail line, which runs through Taraz and Shu toward Almaty, and the north-south Transkazakhstan line, which runs north from Shu toward Astana. CIS Highway M 39 (which in this area forms part of European route E40) comes from Tashkent, Uzbekistan over Shymkent (capital of neighbouring province South Kazakhstan) and runs further over Taraz to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; then it comes to Zhambyl Province again through Korday border crossing and continues east toward Almaty.

External links

* [http://www.zhambyl.kz/ Official website]

References