Scharkent

Zharkent Жаркент
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Almaty
Audany:	Panfilow
Founded :	1882
Coordinates :	44 ° 10 ′  N , 80 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 80 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	626  m
Area :	47.25  km²
Residents :	42,938 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density :	909 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72831
Postal code :	041300-041305
License plate :	05 (old: B, V)
Community type:	city
Äkim ( Mayor ) :	Talghat Nurmoldayev
Location in Kazakhstan

Sharkent ( Kazakh and Russian Жаркент ; Uighur ياركەنت or يەركەت; until 1991 Panfilow / Панфилов) is a city in the Almaty region in Kazakhstan .

geography

Scharkent is located in the Djungarian Alatau , the area is strongly influenced by the mountains. The city itself is located in the Össektal about 30 kilometers from the border with China . The distance to Almaty is 345 kilometers, to Taldyqorghan 290 kilometers. Scharkent is the administrative center of the Panfilow district .

population

In 1998 Scharkent had about 34,100 inhabitants. The population consists mainly of Uyghurs (52 percent) and Kazakhs (33 percent), there are also smaller minorities of Russians and Dungans .

Population development
1897	1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
16.094	12,434	19.173	23,997	31,106	32,656	33,350

history

Archaeological finds in the region show that Scharkent was once a fortified place on the Silk Road . The history of the present-day city doesn't begin until the end of the 19th century. Alexei Kuropatkin , General of the Russian Army , was tasked with finding a suitable place where the center of a district could be built. So in 1882 the place Dscharkent was founded on the place of some old Uyghur villages. At first it was inhabited almost exclusively by Cossacks who were supposed to secure the eastern borders of the Russian Empire here .

Great importance was attached to the development of the place. A brewery and a tobacco factory were founded as the region had good conditions for growing tobacco . Chinese and Russian goods were available in the shops, and artisans provided travelers with necessary materials. Jarkent has had city rights since 1891. From 1942 to 1991 the city was named Panfilow , after the Russian military of World War II Ivan Panfilow , who died in 1941. After Kazakhstan's independence, the place was renamed Scharkent in 1991.

Culture and sights

The Scharkenter Mosque is known nationwide . This is a mosque made entirely of wood and built towards the end of the 19th century. It is said that its founder, Uyghur businessman Walibai Achun Juldaschew, did not want to have used nails in the construction. The building is strongly based on the architecture of Buddhist pagodas . Another building is the Prophet Elijah Church .

sons and daughters of the town

• Qairat Äbdirachmanow (* 1964), politician and former foreign minister

Web links

Commons : Scharkent  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Численность населения Республики Казахстан по полу в разрезе областей и столицы, столицы, столицы, анколицы, столицы, городоав, областей и столицы, анкония, горойцы, коники, городоав,. ( Excel ; 96 KB) stat.gov.kz, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Russian). 
2. ↑ город Жаркент: Общая информация. panfilov-akimat.gov.kz, accessed April 25, 2020 (Russian).
3. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.
4. ↑ Маленькая родина: Жаркент - восточные ворота. , accessed April 25, 2020 (in Russian).