South Kazakhstan Province
South Kazakhstan ( Kazakh Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы; Russian Южно - Казахстанская область ) with a population of about 2.68 million inhabitants, the southernmost Oblys ( area ) of Kazakhstan. Capital is Shymkent.
Geography
With an area of approximately 117,249 km ² in area Südkasachsten is the second smallest of the 14 regions of Kazakhstan. However, it is the most populous and the most densely populated simultaneously Oblys.
The population rose from 1.8 million in 1989 to 2.6 million in 2011. The population of the province comprises roughly 70 % of Kazakhs, Uzbeks are significant minorities ( 17.5 %) and Russians ( 6%). Other groups such as Azerbaijanis, Tajiks, Soviet Koreans, Tatars, Ukrainians or Russians of German put together a little over 6 % of the population.
The capital and also largest city of the province is approximately 643,000 inhabitants Shymkent, a university town and a major business hub. Further, larger cities in southern Kazakhstan are Türkistan Lenggir and Schetissai. South Kazakhstan is bordered to the south directly to the neighboring country of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek capital, Tashkent, lies directly on the border with South Kazakhstan. The province also borders three other provinces of Kazakhstan: Karaganda, Qyslorda and Zhambyl.
The Syr Darya River flows through the province on its way to the Aral Sea. By Southern Kazakhstan also an oil pipeline from Turkmenabat (Turkmenistan ) to Omsk in Russia, where it joins with a larger, Siberian pipeline runs. In Shymkent oil, lead and zinc plated. In South Kazakhstan to also provide some significant cultural sites and evidence of old Islamic architecture, such as the force as a UNESCO World Heritage Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in the city of Turkestan.