Full name "Hazrat-e Turkestan", this small city 160km north-west of Taraz is an important trade center in the south of Kazakstan on the Trans-Aral Railway Line. It has a long history and had many other names like Yasi, Shavgar or Beitan.
(Note: Turkestan is also the name of a whole region in central Asia spread over 8 countries! See individual countries in the databank for futher places with in it) [edit text][editors]
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