Semey

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Semey is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan known historically as Semipalatinsk, situated along the Irtysh River and notable for its cultural heritage and proximity to the former Soviet nuclear test site.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Semey canonical 8
Уральск 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Semipalatinsk ⓘ
belongsTo Central Asia ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
countrySubdivision Abai Region ⓘ
formerName Semipalatinsk ⓘ
hasAirport Semey Airport ⓘ
hasBridgeOver Irtysh River ⓘ
hasCulturalSite Abai Museum ⓘ
Literary and Memorial Museum of Dostoevsky ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity education ⓘ
industry ⓘ
transport ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue radiation exposure from nearby test site ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
hasHeritage cultural heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole center of Russian exile in 19th century ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Irtysh River floodplain ⓘ
hasNotableInstitution Dostoevsky Museum ⓘ
Semey State Medical University ⓘ
Shakarim University of Semey ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Abai Qunanbaiuly ⓘ
Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic multiethnic population ⓘ
hasTransport highway connections ⓘ
railway junction ⓘ
river port ⓘ
historicalNameUntil Semipalatinsk until 2007 ⓘ
historicalRegion Kazakh Steppe ⓘ
linked to: Saryarka steppe
isRegionalCenterOf Abai Region ⓘ
languageUsed Kazakh ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Abai Region ⓘ
East Kazakhstan Region ⓘ
northeastern Kazakhstan ⓘ
locatedOn Asian Highway network ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Irtysh River ⓘ
locatedOnTransportRoute Turkestan–Siberia Railway ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage kk ⓘ
ru ⓘ
near Semipalatinsk Test Site ⓘ
former Soviet nuclear test site ⓘ
partOf Kazakhstan ⓘ
regionCode KZ-10 ⓘ
timezone UTC+6 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irtysh River → flowsThrough → Semey ⓘ
Uralsk → RussianName → Уральск ⓘ
subject linked to: Uralsk (Russian name)
linked to: Semey