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Shymkent , formerly known as Chimkent (until 1993), is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 647,380 (2009 Census), or 579,500 as of 2010 (estimation based (...) (from Wikipedia)