Travel to Shymkent
Shymkent
(Kazakh: Шымкент) is the
capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated
region in
Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan
behind
Almaty and
Astana with a population of 539,600, with one of the
largest greater-metropolitan-area populations in Kazakhstan. It
is a major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway
and a notable cultural center and has also an international
airport. It is situated 690 km west of
Almaty and 120 km to the north of
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.
