Shymkent - Szymkent

Shymkent
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Information
CountryKazakhstan
RegionSouth Kazakhstan region
Population854 000
Area code 7 72 52
Postal Code160000
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Shymkent - a city located on the southern outskirts Kazakhstan, near the border with Uzbekistan. Administrative Center South Kazakhstan Oblast.

Characteristic

Drive

By plane

There is an airport here serving mainly domestic air traffic.

By rail

There is a train station here.

By car

Shymkent is an important road junction.

By bus

By ship

Communication

It is based on trams and buses, and until 2005 on trolleybuses.

Worth seeing

  • Ordabasy Square (Площадь Ордабасы)
  • Prospect Mira (Проспект Мира)
  • Nauryz Park (Парк Наурыз)
  • Boulevards on the Koshkarata River
  • Main Mosque
  • Altyn Shanyrak
  • South Kazakhstan Drama Theater Szumata Szanina
  • Museum of Victims and Politics of Repression

Nearest neighborhood

work

Science

Shopping

Gastronomy

Events, parties

Accommodation

  • Canvas Hotel Shymkent 4-star hotel
  • Kainar Hotel 5-star hotel
  • Shymkent Hotel
  • Promenade Park Hotel 4-star hotel

contact

Security

Tourist information

Trip



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