Jetisu Region | |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Administrative center |
Subdivision Name2: | Taldykorgan |
Leader Title: | Akim |
Leader Name: | Beibit Isabayev[1] |
Established Date: | 8 June 2022 |
Area Total Km2: | 118,500 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 650,000[2] |
Demographics Type2: | GDP |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
Demographics2 Info1: | KZT 1,426.9 billion US$ 3.090 billion (2022) |
Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
Demographics2 Info2: | KZT 2,042,100 US$ 4,423 (2022) |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Jetisu Region (pronounced as /ru/), sometimes spelled Zhetysu Region, is one of the Regions of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is Taldykorgan. Total area of the region is 118,500 km².
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on March 16, 2022, that the region would be created. The area split off from Almaty Region when Tokayev's decree came into force on June 8, 2022. The administrative center of the region is Taldykorgan, and the center of Almaty Region was moved to Qonayev.[4] On June 11, 2022, Beibit Isabayev was appointed as akim of the region.[5] The region's borders roughly correspond to the old Taldykorgan Region which was liquidated in 1997 and merged with Almaty Region.
It is named after the historical Zhetysu region of Central Asia, which is primarily situated within the modern-day region.