Zhambyl | |
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District | |
Жамбыл ауданы | |
Country | Kazakhstan |
Region | Almaty Region |
Administrative center | Uzynagash |
Government | |
• Akim (mayor) | Ertas Nurlan Ertasovich[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,500 sq mi (19,300 km2) |
Population (2013)[2] | |
• Total | 137,129 |
Time zone | UTC+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]