14-643: Turkistan Region , formerly South Kazakhstan Region from 1992 to 2018 and Chimkent Region from 1963 to 1991, is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan . It had a population of 2,088,510 as of 2022; 2,469,367 (2009 Census results); 1,978,339 (1999 Census results). Its capital is Turkistan , formerly Shymkent until 2018. Other cities in Turkistan include Sayram , Kentau , Arys , Shardara , Zhetisai , Saryagash , and Lenger . This region and Atyrau Region are Kazakhstan's two smallest regions; both are about 117,300 square kilometers in area. Turkistan Region borders
28-584: A larger, Siberian pipeline) through South Kazakhstan. Oil , lead and zinc are refined in Shymkent. The Region was created as South Kazakhstan Oblast in Kazakh SSR of Soviet Union . Between 1962 and 1992 it was named Chimkent Oblast . The administrative center of the Region was Shymkent . On 19 June 2018 Shymkent was taken out of the Region and subordinated directly to the government of Kazakhstan,
42-694: Is a city in southeastern Kazakhstan . It is the seat of government for the Almaty Region . The population was 39,855 (2009 Census results) and 33,428 (1999 Census results). Qonaev is the Latin form of the Kazakh name Қонаев ; Konayev is the romanization of the Russian name Конаев . Both derive from Dinmukhamed Kunaev , a former first secretary of the Communist Party of
56-467: The Kazakh SSR during Soviet rule . The city was renamed in his honor on 17 March 2022. The first Russian settlement in the area was Fort Ili or Iliysk ( Russian : Илийск ), named for the area's major river . During the construction of the Kapshagay ( Russian : Капшагай ), Kapchagay ( Капчагай ), or Qapşağai ( Kazakh : Қапшағай , lit. 'Narrow Gorge') dam during
70-526: The 1960s, the town was moved and renamed Novoiliysk ( Russian : Новоилийск , lit. 'New Iliysk'). Following the dam's completion, Novoiliysk was renamed Kapshagay in its honor on 9 July 1970. Fort Ili was established by the Russians at the head of navigation on the Ili River for their river boats travelling upstream from Lake Balkhash . When the town of Iliysk that grew up around
84-830: The administrative center moved to Turkistan, and the Region renamed Turkistan Region. As of 2013, the region was administratively divided into eleven districts and the cities of Shymkent , Arys , Kentau , and Turkistan . [REDACTED] Media related to Turkistan Region at Wikimedia Commons Regions of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is divided into 17 regions ( Kazakh : облыстар , romanized : oblystar ; sg. облыс , oblys ; Russian : области , romanized : oblasti ; sg. область , oblast ). The regions are further subdivided into districts ( Kazakh : аудандар , romanized : audandar ; sg. аудан , audan ; Russian : районы , romanized : rayony ; sg. район , rayon ). Three cities, Almaty , Shymkent , and
98-627: The capital city Astana , do not belong to their surrounding regions. On 16 March 2022, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that three new regions would be created. Abai Region was created from East Kazakhstan Region with its capital in Semey . Ulytau Region was created from Karaganda Region with its capital in Jezkazgan . Jetisu Region was created from Almaty Region with its capital in Taldykorgan ; Almaty Region's capital
112-498: The early 1990s, but its population saw a resurgence in the 2000s and has since returned to predissolution numbers. The city was renamed Qonayev and made the capital of Almaty Region on 17 March 2022 as part of Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev 's reforms. The former Almaty capital Taldykorgan was made the capital of the newly established Zhetysu Region . Lake Kapchagay is now a popular weekend destination for tourists from Almaty . This Kazakhstan location article
126-539: The fort was set to be flooded, the settlement was relocated to the planned western shore of the Kapshagay Reservoir . The present town is connected by railway with Almaty 76 km (47 mi) to its south. Fort Ili was established during the Russian Empire 's conquest of Central Asia . It strengthened their control of the lower Ili , whose upstream valleys in present-day Xinjiang included
140-537: The major settlement of Kulja (now Yining ). The Ili Region was claimed by the Qing Empire but lost during the 1860s and 1870s Dungan Revolts , after which the entire area was occupied by the Russians until the 1881 Treaty of Saint Petersburg , which accepted Russian control of the area around Lake Balkhash . Following the establishment of the Soviet Union , the area became part of the Kazakh SSR and
154-532: The neighboring country of Uzbekistan (and is also very near the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent ), as well as three other Kazakhstan regions: Karaganda Region (to the north), Kyzylorda Region (to the west), and Jambyl Region (to the east). The Syr Darya passes through the region, on its way to the Aral Sea . An oil pipeline runs from Turkmenabat , Turkmenistan to Omsk , Russia (where it connects with
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#1732772486220168-678: The renaming of cities, such as in the case of Alma-Ata/Almaty. After the administrative reform in 1997, the last change happened since then took place in 1999, when parts of North Kazakhstan that originally belonged to Kokshetau region became part of Akmola. The 1990s merges were in order to dilute the Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form a majority. [REDACTED] CIS member state Qonayev Qonayev ( Kazakh : Қонаев , romanized : Qonaev [qoˈnɑjɪf] ), also known as Konaev ( Russian : Конаев ) and by other names ,
182-706: Was moved from Taldykorgan to Qonayev . In 2022, three new regions were created - Abai (from part of East Kazakhstan), Jetisu (from part of Almaty Region) and Ulytau (from part of Karaganda Region). In the following table, the 2009 population totals have been amended to reflect the population in the new or altered regions. Over the last 60 years, both the distribution and names of regions of Kazakhstan have changed considerably. Major changes were several fusions and splits between Guryev and Mangystau, Karaganda and Dzhezkazgan, Almaty and Taldy-Kurgan, East Kazakhstan and Semipalatinsk and Kostanay, Turgay and Tselinograd, respectively. Changes in region names were often in line with
196-542: Was selected for a major hydroelectric project as part of Soviet industrialization and energy policy . The Kapchagay Dam was erected in the late 1960s, Iliysk's population being forced to relocate ahead of the creation of the Kapchagay Reservoir . The city was then renamed after the hydro project. Many of Kapchagay's Russian inhabitants fled the city during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in
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