The region South Kazakhstan ( Kazakh Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы Ongtüstik Qasaqstan oblyssy ; Russian Южно-Казахстанская область Yuzhno Kasachstanskaja oblast ) was associated with a population of about 2.84 million inhabitants, is the southernmost Oblys ( area ) of Kazakhstan . The capital was Shymkent . On June 19, 2018, Schymkent was spun off and raised to a city with special status. The remaining area was renamed after the new capital in Turkistan .
With an area of around 117,249 km², southern Kazakhstan was the second smallest of the 14 regions in Kazakhstan. However, it was the most populous and at the same time the most densely populated oblys.
The South Kazakhstan Oblast was formed in 1932 in the Kazakh SSR of the Soviet Union . From 1962 to 1992 it was called Chimkent, after the capital Oblast .
The population increased from 1.8 million in 1989 to 2.6 million in 2011. The province's population consists of almost 70% Kazakhs , while Uzbeks (17.5%) and Russians (6%) are significant minorities . Other groups, such as Azerbaijanis , Tajiks , Soviet Koreans , Tatars , Ukrainians or Russian- Germans together make up a little more than 6% of the population.
The capital and at the same time the largest city of the province was Schymkent with about 643,000 inhabitants, a university town and an important business location. Other larger cities in southern Kazakhstan were Türkistan , Lenger and Schetissai . In the south, southern Kazakhstan bordered directly on neighboring Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan . The Uzbek capital Tashkent was right on the border with southern Kazakhstan. The province also bordered three other provinces of Kazakhstan: Karagandy , Qysylorda, and Shambyl .
The population of the South Kazakhstan area was around 2.84 million as of January 1, 2016, making it the first in Kazakhstan in terms of population. The population has grown steadily since the 1970s, reaching two million for the first time in the early 2000s. With a population density of 24.2 inhabitants per km², southern Kazakhstan was also by far the most densely populated area in Kazakhstan.
year
Residents
1970
1,287,431
1979
1,566,794
1989
1,831,486
1999
1,978,339
2003
2,111,893
2004
2,150,256
2005
2,193,556
2006
2,233,568
2007
2,282,474
year
Residents
2008
2,331,505
2009
2,462,782
2010
2,511,698
2011
2,567,707
2012
2,621,488
2013
2,678,889
2014
2,733,279
2015
2,788,404
2016
2,840,557
Administrative division
The area was divided into 11 districts (kazach. Ауданы / Audany ) and 4 independent cities. Other cities in the South Kazakhstan area were Lenger , Saryaghasch , Schardara and Schetissai .
Kazakhstan
