Jambyl Region
Jambyl Region
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Map of Kazakhstan, location of Jambyl Province highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 44°0′N 72°0′E / 44.000°N 72.000°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Capital | Taraz |
| Government | |
| • Akim | Yerbol Karashukeyev |
| Area | |
• Total | 144,264 km2 (55,701 sq mi) |
| Population (2022-01-01) | |
• Total | 1,209,665 |
| • Density | 8.38508/km2 (21.7173/sq mi) |
| GDP (Nominal, 2024) | |
| • Total | KZT 3,237 billion (US$ 6.979 billion) · 15th |
| • Per capita | KZT 2,647,700 (US$ 5,560) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
| Postal codes | 080000 |
| Area codes | +7 (726) |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-ZHA |
| Vehicle registration | 08, H |
| Districts | 10 |
| Cities | 4 |
| Villages | 367 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.785 high · 6th |
| Website | www |
Jambyl Region, formerly named Dzhambul Region until 1991, is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region is 1,209,665 Its administrative center is Taraz, with a population of 335,100. To the south the region borders Kyrgyzstan and nearly borders Uzbekistan in the southwest. Jambyl also borders three other provinces of Kazakhstan: Karaganda Region (to the north), Turkistan Region (to the west), and Almaty Region (to the east). The total area is 144,200 square kilometres (55,700 mi2). The province borders Lake Balkhash to its northeast. The province (and its capital during the Soviet era) was named after the Kazakh akyn (folk singer) Jambyl Jabayev.