South Kazakhstan

South Kazakhstan from ancient times held a special place in the history of Kazakhstan and throughout Central Asia. Edge, where the Great Silk Road flourished. Cities Otrar Ispidzhab, Sygnak, Sauran, Suzak, Turkestan were not only shopping centers, but also centers of science and culture. The pride of the edges are Abu Nasir al-Farabi - East second Aristotle, who was born in the city of Otrar, Korkyt ata, Khoja Ahmet Yassavi ...

Traces of past centuries are preserved in the architectural monuments as mausoleums of Khoja Ahmed Yassavi Arystan Baba, Abdul Aziz Merali Baba Ana Karashash, Ibrahim Ata, madrassas Appak Ishan.

South Kazakhstan region is spread over the territory of 117.3 thousand. Km. In the eastern part of Turan lowland and the western spurs of the Tian Shan. The northern part of the area occupied by the desert Betpak Dala, in the extreme south - Hungry steppe - Myrzashol. Mountain ranges are presented ranges Karzhantau, Ugam with the highest point - the peak Sairam (4238 m.). Karatau ridge stretches from north-west to south-east in the middle of the field.

The length of the South Kazakhstan region from north to south - 620 km. From east to west - 520 km. The average flow of the river Syr-Darya (2,137 km.), The tributaries: Aris - 336 km, Keles - 236 km Zhabagly Su - 72 km, Aksu - 122 km, Sairam Su - 72 km, Badam - 75 km..... In the region there are 2 mountain ranges: Karatau - the highest point Bes Saz - 2 176 m and Western Tien Shan, ridges Karzhintausky, Ugam, Pskem..

The researchers of the South Kazakhstan region is such prominent scientists as Severtsev, Neustroev, Knorre, Regel. The climate is sharply continental. Winter - warm, soft, summer - hot and dry; soil and edge light brown, gray soils are very fertile, as in the distant past were the bottom of the Tethys Ocean. Here there are many endemic species. The area is divided into six floristic zones: Betpakdala, Muyuikumskaya, Kyzylkum, Turkestan, Karatau, Tien-Shan. The region includes four cities: Turkestan, Kentau, Arys and Shymkent, 14 in rural areas. According to the statistical department of 01.01.06 on the territory of the South Kazakhstan region is home to 2,333,568 people. Among them: -1551529 Kazakhs, Uzbeks - 355 069 -149 771 Russian Azerbaijanis - 28 159 Tajiks - 25 702 -21 968 Tatars, Turkmens -20,276, Koreans - 9858, Ukrainians - 9213, the Kurds - 7 749, German - 3 724 Uighurs - 3 628 Iranians - 2626, the Chechens - 2484, the Greeks - 1506, Kyrgyzstan - 1390 Poles' 200, etc. -. 8889.