Official Name: | Üşqoñyr |
Native Name: | Kazakh: Үшқоңыр |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Almaty Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Karasay District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 13616 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 43.3708°N 76.6236°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 040928 |
Ushkonyr (Kazakh: Үшқоңыр, Üşqoñyr), formerly known as Shamalgan (Kazakh: Шамалған, Şamalğan) or Chemolgan (Russian: Чемолган), is a rural community near Almaty in Kazakhstan. It is notable as the birthplace of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev.[1]