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Sayram
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Sayram

Vanished settlement · Kazakhstan

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
42.302, 69.770
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: древний город на шёлковом пути, ныне микрорайон в Каратауском районе Шымкента, Казахстан

History

Sayram is a rural locality located in eastern Shymkent on the Sayram Su River, which rises at the nearby 4000-meter mountain Sayram Su. In medieval times, the city and countryside were located on the banks of the Arys River, into which the Sayram Su river flows. Since 2018, it has been part of Shymkent City. Population: 30,887 ; 25,408.

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