Turkistan Region | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Map of Kazakhstan, location of Turkistan Region highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 43°00′N 068°30′E / 43.000°N 68.500°E | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Formed | March 10, 1932 (as South-Kazak Region) |
| Capital | Turkistan |
| Government | |
| • Akim | Darkhan Satybaldy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 117,249 km2 (45,270 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 2,119,063 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (East) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (not observed) |
| Postal codes | 160000 |
| Area codes | +7 (725) |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-YUZ |
| Vehicle registration | 13, X |
| Districts | 11 |
| Cities | 7 |
| Townships | 13 |
| Villages | 932 |
| Website | www |
Turkistan Province or Turkistan Region (Kazakh: Түркістан облысы, Russian: Туркестанская область) is a region in the south of Kazakhstan. The capital is the city of Turkistan. As of the year of 2023, 2,119,063 people live here. Until 2018, the region was called the South Kazakhstan Region.
There are seven cities in this region: Turkistan, Arys, Kentau, Zhetisay, Saryagash, Lenger and Shardara.
Previously, there was a city in the region with a population of more than a million, Shymkent. It was the capital of the region. At that time three million people lived in the region. But in 2018 it was removed, and Turkestan became the capital of the region.