City · Kazakhstan
Taraz
Taraz is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a population of 330,100 as of the 1999 census, up 9% from 1989, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, after Astana and Turkistan. The current population of Taraz is 428,000.
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- Population: 358,153.
- Founded: 1720.
- Area: 1.878e+08 sq km.
- Timezone: Asia/Almaty.