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Shymkent
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Shym·kent  (shm-knt) or Chim·kent (chm-)
A city of south-central Kazakhstan north of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Founded in the 12th century, it was taken by Russia in 1864. Population: 513,000.


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The crude oil pipeline, which links the Seidi plant with Kazakhstan's refineries of Pavlodar and Shimkent, has been upgraded under an agreement signed in late 2002.
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