Zhetysu

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Zhetysu is a historic region of Central Asia, largely in southeastern Kazakhstan, known for its fertile river valleys, including that of the Ili River, and its role as a crossroads on the Silk Road.

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Label Occurrences
Zhetysu canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
borderedBy Ili River ⓘ
Junggar Alatau ⓘ
linked to: Dzungarian Alatau

Lake Balkhash ⓘ
Tien Shan Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Tien Shan
climate continental climate ⓘ
controlledBy Kara-Khanid Khanate ⓘ
Karluk Yabghu State ⓘ
Kazakh Khanate ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Turkic Khaganate ⓘ
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
etymology Kazakh for "Seven Rivers" ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasMajorCity Almaty ⓘ
Kapshagay ⓘ
linked to: Kapchagay

Taldykorgan ⓘ
Zharkent ⓘ
hasPart Aksu River valley ⓘ
Baskan River valley ⓘ
Bien River valley ⓘ
Ili River valley ⓘ
linked to: Ili River

Karatal River valley ⓘ
Koksu River valley ⓘ
Lepsy River valley ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Kazakh tribes ⓘ
Kyrgyz ⓘ
linked to: Kyrgyz people

Mongols ⓘ
linked to: Mongol

Sogdians ⓘ
Turkic peoples ⓘ
Uighurs ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
historicalRegionOf Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
knownFor Silk Road crossroads ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes

fertile river valleys ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
southeastern Kazakhstan ⓘ
partOf Kazakh steppes ⓘ
linked to: Saryarka steppe
presentIn Almaty Region ⓘ
Jambyl Region ⓘ
Zhetysu Region ⓘ
traversedBy Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes

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