Taraz
Sign in to saveTaraz ( ; also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a population of 330,100 as of the 1999 census, up 9% from 1989, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, after Astana and Turkistan. The current population of Taraz is 428,000 (April 2023).
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Taraz is a city in southern Kazakhstan near the Kyrgyzstan border that serves as the administrative center of Jambyl Region. It is one of Kazakhstan's fastest-growing cities, with its population increasing from 330,100 in 1999 to 428,000 by 2023.
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29 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- Antiquity
- Medieval Taraz
- Early references
- Islamic and Persian period
- The Karakhanids
- Kara Khitai
- Mongols
- Kazakh rule
- Qing rule
- From Auliye-Ata to Modern Taraz
- A Kokand fortress
- Russian rule
- Soviet period
- After independence
- Geography
- Climate
- Sports
- Heads of the City
- First Secretaries of the City Committee
- Chairmen of the City Executive Committee
- Akims (Mayors)
- Transport and Communications
- Notable people
- References
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Taraz ( ; also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a population of 330,100 as of the 1999 census, up 9% from 1989, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, after Astana and Turkistan. The current population of Taraz is 428,000 (April 2023).
One of the oldest cities in Kazakhstan and in Transoxania, built and populated by the ancient Sogdians, Taraz celebrated its official 2,000th anniversary (recognized by UNESCO) in 2001, dating from a fortress built in the area by a Xiongnu Chanyu named Zhizhi, and was a site of the Battle of Zhizhi in 36 BCE. The city was first recorded under the name "Talas" in 568 CE by Menander Protector. The medieval city of Talas was a major trade center along the Silk Road. It was later described by the Buddhist monk and traveler Xuanzang, who passed Talas in 629 and later wrote: "Traveling westward from the Thousand Springs 140 or 150 li, we come to the city of Daluosi. The city is 8 or 9 li in diameter; and was settled by Hu ("foreign, barbarian, non-Chinese") merchants from various nations. The products and the climate are about the same as Suyab." The Talas alphabet, a variant of the Turkic "runiform" Orkhon script, is named for the town.