Zharkent: facts

At a glance

• Country: Kazakhstan
• Region: Zhetysu Region
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 34,422
• Coordinates: 44.1662° N, 80.0074° E
• Time zone: Asia/Almaty (UTC+05:00)
• Currency: Tenge (KZT)
• Distance to the capital, Astana: 1,008 km (626 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Ili Yining International Airport (YIN, China): 108 km (67 mi), straight line
• Zhaosu Tianma Airport (ZFL, China): 155 km (96 mi), straight line
• Taldykorgan Airport (TDK): 163 km (101 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Qarasu, China: 33 km (20 mi)
• Huocheng, China: 70 km (44 mi)
• Shuiding, China: 70 km (44 mi)
• Huiyuan, China: 71 km (44 mi)
• Ayxin Siri, China: 74 km (46 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Huocheng, 70 km (44 mi)