Taraz is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 330,100 at the 1999 census, up 9 percent from 1989 and one of the fastest-growing in the country after Astana and Turkistan, and had grown to 428,000 by the current count.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Taraz - Wikipedia
Introduction, population
The current population of Taraz is 428,000 (April 2023).
Introduction, population year
The current population of Taraz is 428,000 (April 2023).
Infobox, coordinates, latitude
42.900°N 71.367°E
Infobox, coordinates, longitude
42.900°N 71.367°E
Infobox, elevation
610 m (2,000 ft)
Infobox, area
Total 187.8 km2 (72.5 sq mi)
- In Group: Cities of Central Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. Taraz (Wikidata)
3. GeoNames: Taraz - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1516905
42.89799 71.37334 P PPLA KZ 17 358153 611 Asia/Almaty
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 611 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.75, 71.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.75, 71.25
42.75 71.25 Dsa
Wikidata: Taraz
Wikidata Q486545, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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