Jambyl Region

Jambyl Province () is a province o Kazakhstan. Its caipital is Taraz. The population o the province is 1,000,000; the ceety is 335,100. The province (an its caipital during the Soviet era) wis namit efter the Kazakh akyn (fowk sangster) Jambyl Jabayev.

Population

In aurie lives an order o 1,2 million persons (2010, an estimation). The population is presentit mair, than 100 naitionalities. Aboot 65 % o resident population Kazakhs mak. The least concentration o Kazakhs is observit tae Taraz (Dzhambul) though an thare their share haes grown frae 23 % in 1989 tae 60 % in 2009.

Major ceeties
 Taraz
 Karatau
 Shu

History
See Taraz for a detailed accoont o the history o the provincial caipital.

Economy
Important industries include rock phosphate minin (around Karatau). The Shu River valley is ane o Kazakhstan's important auries o irrigatit agriculture.

The core o the rail transportation network in the region is based on the east-wast Turksib rail line, which runs through Taraz an Shu toward Almaty, and the north-sooth Transkazakhstan line, which runs north frae Shu toward Astana. CIS Highway M 39 (which in this aurie forms pairt o European route E40) comes frae Tashkent, Uzbekistan ower Shymkent (caipital o neeebourin province Sooth Kazakhstan) an runs further ower Taraz tae Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; then it comes tae Jambyl Province again through Korday border crossin an continues east toward Almaty.

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Category:Regions o Kazakhstan