Taraz

Also known as Zhambyl, Dzhambul, Yangi

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).

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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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Settlement.official_name: Taraz
Settlement.native_name: Тараз
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_seal: Seal Taraz.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kazakhstan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 280
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Kazakhstan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jambyl Region
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 36 BCE
Settlement.leader_title: Akim (mayor)
Settlement.leader_name: Orynbekov Bakhytzhan
Settlement.area_total_km2: 187.8
Settlement.area_land_km2: 139
Settlement.area_land_sq_mi: 53.7

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Мирзоян
Population: 418368
Area: 187800000
Elevation: 610
Official website: taraz.zhambyl.gov.kz
Image: Taraz image1.jpg

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Commons category: Taraz
inception: 1720-00-00
native label: Тараз
postal code: 080000

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Contents

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
Notes
Sources
External links

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.