Zharkent
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Template:Infobox settlement Zharkent or Jarkent (Template:Lang-kz), formerly known as Panfilov (Template:Lang-ru, until 1991) and Dzharkent (Template:Lang-ru, until 1942), is a town in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Panfilov District. It is located near the Usek river, not far from the Ili river. Population: Template:Kz-census2009 Template:Kz-census1999
The town was founded in 1882 as Dzharkent. From 1942 until 1991 it was named Panfilov after Ivan Panfilov, the Russian World War II hero who died in battle in 1941.
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