Zhambyl District, Almaty Region

Zhambyl
District
Жамбыл ауданы
CountryKazakhstan
RegionAlmaty Region
Administrative centerUzynagash
Government
 • Akim (mayor)Ertas Nurlan Ertasovich[1]
Area
 • Total7,500 sq mi (19,300 km2)
Population
 (2013)[2]
 • Total137,129
Time zoneUTC+6 (East)

Zhambyl District (Kazakh: Жамбыл ауданы, Jambyl audany) is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Uzynagash.[3] Population: 137,129 (2013 estimate);[2] 117,599 (2009 Census results);[4] 105,895 (1999 Census results).[4] The district is named after Zhambyl Zhabayev, who was a Soviet and Kazakh poet, who won the Stalin Prize of the second degree in 1941.[5]

  1. ^ Акимат Жамбылского района
  2. ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ^ www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages
  4. ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Information about the region". Kazakh Invest. KAZAKH INVEST. Retrieved 8 September 2024.