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Zhetysu

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Also known as Semiretchinsk

thumb|300px|The region of the "seven rivers", only five of which still exist today Jetisu (, ), also known as Semirechye () and Heptopotamia, is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the southeastern part of modern Kazakhstan.

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  • Name
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Bodies of water
  • Population
  • History and administration
  • Derived names
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

thumb|300px|The region of the "seven rivers", only five of which still exist today Jetisu (, ), also known as Semirechye () and Heptopotamia, is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the southeastern part of modern Kazakhstan.

==Name== Jetisu is also transcribed Jeti-Suu (, ), Zhetisu, Jetisuw, Jetysu, Jeti-su or Jity-su.

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

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