Jambyl Region
Jambyl Province (Kazakh: [Жамбыл облысы, Jambıl oblısı] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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.
Jambyl Province Жамбыл облысы Жамбылская область | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Map o Kazakhstan, location o Jambyl Province heichlichtit | |
| Coordinates: 44°0′N 72°0′E / 44.000°N 72.000°E | |
| Kintra |  Kazakhstan |
| Caipital | Taraz |
| Govrenment | |
| • Akim | Jeksembin Boribay |
| Area | |
| • Total | 144200 km2 (55,700 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,000,000 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (East) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (no observit) |
| Postal codes | 080000 |
| Aurie codes | +7 (726) |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-ZHA |
| Vehicle registration | H |
| Destricts | 10 |
| Ceeties | 4 |
| Veelages | 367 |
| Website | http://www.zhambyl.kz/ |
Population
eeditIn 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
eeditHistory
eeditSee Taraz for a detailed accoont o the history o the provincial caipital.
Economy
eeditImportant 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.
