Official Name: | Shieli |
Other Name: | Шиелі |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kyzylorda Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Shieli District |
Subdivision Type3: | Tural District |
Subdivision Name3: | Shieli rural district |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1904 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 32480 |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 44.1789°N 66.7328°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 120700 — 120703 |
Shieli (Kazakh: Шиелі) is a village in Kyzylorda Region, southern-central Kazakhstan. It is the administrative centre of Shieli District and the head and the only settlement of Shieli rural district (KATO code - 435230100). Population:
Shieli was founded in 1904 at the time of the construction of the Orenburg–Tashkent Railway.
Shieli is located by the right bank of the Syr Darya river. The 181km (112miles) long Shieli-Telikol Canal was built for irrigation, connecting the Telikol lacustrine basin to the north with the Syr Darya river near Shieli.[1]
Shieli has a cold desert climate (Köppen: BWk)[2] with cold winters and hot summers.