unit on a par with a region. Having exceeded one million residents, Shymkent was separated from the former South Kazakhstan Region, which was simultaneously reorganized and renamed the Turkistan Region, becoming the third city of republican significance in Kazakhstan alongside Almaty and Astana.

Legal definition

The status of a city of republican significance is established in the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of

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