Turkistan Region Explained
| Turkistan Region |
| Settlement Type: | Region |
| Coordinates: | 43°N 98°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Kazakhstan |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Districts |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 11 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Cities |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 8 |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Townships |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 13 |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Villages |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | 932 |
| Seat: | Turkistan |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Leader Title: | Akim |
| Leader Name: | Darkhan Satybaldy[1] |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 117249 |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | KZT 3,517.3 billion
US$ 7.618 billion (2022) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | KZT 1,671,800
US$ 3,621 (2022) |
| Timezone1: | East |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | not observed |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 160000 |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Code: | +7 (725) |
| Population Footnotes: | [4] |
| Population Total: | 2685009 |
| Population As Of: | 2013-02-01 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Iso Code: | KZ-YUZ |
| Registration Plate: | 13, X |
Turkistan Region, formerly South Kazakhstan Region (Kazakh: Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы|translit= Oñtüstık Qazaqstan oblysy) (Russian: Южно-Казахстанская область, ) from 1992 to 2018 and Chimkent Region (Russian: Чимкентская область, ) from 1963 to 1991 is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan. Population: 2 088 510 (2022 estimate); 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 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 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, the administrative center moved to Turkistan, and the Region renamed Turkistan Region.[5]
Administrative divisions
As of 2013, the region was administratively divided into eleven districts and the cities of Shymkent, Arys, Kentau, and Turkistan.[6]
- Baydibek District, with the administrative center in the selo of Shayan;
- Kazygurt District, the selo of Kazygurt;
- Maktaaral District, the town of Zhetisay;
- Ordabasy District, the selo of Temirlan;
- Otyrar District, the selo of Shauldir;
- Saryagash District, the town of Saryagash;
- Sayram District, the selo of Aksukent;
- Shardara District, the town of Shardara;
- Sozak District, the selo of Sholakkorgan;
- Tole Bi District, the town of Lenger;
- Tulkibas District, the selo of Turar Ryskulov.
Archaeology
- Excavations of the Kul-Tobe settlement near the village of Saryaryk on the terrace of the Arys River (42.4922°N 68.9625°W) on the territory of the South Kazakhstan region in 2006, made by Kazakh archaeologists led by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor A. N. Podushkin, according to some statements, allow to identify the culture of Kangju with the peoples of the Scythian circle.[7] Ceramics (large jugs or persimmons) and weapons (arrowheads, knives, bows and daggers) were found in three graves of nomad warriors who lived about two thousand years ago. 13 epigraphic monuments were found on ceramic bricks-tables — two almost complete texts and eleven fragments.[8] Writing after decryption is defined as alphabetic, lowercase, Aramaic, which also includes ideograms. It marks one of the eastern dialects of the proto-Iranian language. Paleographic and linguistic analysis of the Kultobin script showed that it dates from the II — beginning of the III century AD, that is, more than a century older than the so-called "Old Sogdian letters".[9]
- Excavations of the Tutta Cave, the oldest cave in the country, located in the Turkestan region on the territory of the Syrdarya–Turkestan State Regional Natural Park, it was discovered in the middle of the last century, but excavations began in 2017. The cave is being explored as part of a European Union project, and archaeologists from Germany, Greece, and Spain are involved. Household items of primitive man, who presumably lived during the Stone Age, have been found.[10]
References
- National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Дархан Сатыбалды сменил Умирзака Шукеева на посту акима Туркестанской области. inbusiness.kz. 2022-08-31.
- http://en.ontustik.gov.kz/gw/akim-biografy Official site – General Information
- Web site: DOSM . Department of Statistics Kazakhstan . 2023-03-01 . stat.gov.kz . 2 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240102130402/https://stat.gov.kz/en/industries/economy/national-accounts/publications/81256/ . live.
- Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям с началa 2013 года до 1 февраля 2013 года (russisch; Excel-Datei; 55 kB).
- Web site: Публичное подписание Указа "О некоторых вопросах административно-территориального устройства Республики Казахстан". 19 June 2018. President of Kazakhstan. Russian. 21 June 2018.
- Web site: Akimats of the region's cities and districts. The official portal of akimat of South Kazakhstan Region. 20 March 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121219231835/http://en.ontustik.gov.kz/gw/goroda_raion. 19 December 2012.
- Web site: Археологи раскопали уникальные артефакты в городище Культобе. tengrinews.kz. 2014-07-26.
- Web site: Казахстанские археологи вскрыли могилы воинов-номадов. tengrinews.kz. 2012-07-21.
- Web site: Из истории открытия, дешифровки и интерпретации культобинского (кангюйского) письма. pandia.ru.
- Web site: Уникальную находку обнаружили археологи в Туркестанской области. www.zakon.kz. 2022-07-06.
