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Zharkent
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Jarkent (; ) is a city which serves as the administrative center of Panfilov District in Jetisu Region, southeastern Kazakhstan. It is located near the Usek River, not far from the Ili River. It is also right by the border with Xinjiang, China. The city's population totaled 42,617 .

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Place details

Locality
Жаркент
Region
Жетісу облысы
Country
Қазақстан
Population
34,422
Timezone
Asia/Almaty

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Air quality

92US AQIModerate
PM2.5
26.5 µg/m³
PM10
81.0 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Jarkent
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Zharkent Mosque 2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Jarkent Mosque
Settlement.pushpin_map
Kazakhstan
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Kazakhstan
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jetisu Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Panfilov District
Settlement.leader_title
Akim
Settlement.leader_name
Sagymbek Marat Rahymberdievich
Settlement.population_as_of
2019
Settlement.population_total
42617
Settlement.timezone
Kazakhstan Time
Settlement.utc_offset
+05:00

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • References

Jarkent (; ) is a city which serves as the administrative center of Panfilov District in Jetisu Region, southeastern Kazakhstan. It is located near the Usek River, not far from the Ili River. It is also right by the border with Xinjiang, China. The city's population totaled 42,617 .

The town was founded in 1882. From 1942 to 1991 it was named Panfilov () after Ivan Panfilov, a Soviet Russian general who died in 1941, during the Battle of Moscow of World War II. Jarkent is well known for its 19th-century mosque, commissioned by a wealthy merchant and community leader named Vali Bay. It is notable for its unique mix of Chinese and Central Asian architectural styles, due to the territory briefly being administered under Qing rule.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zharkent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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