Semirechye
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Semirechye is a historical region in Central Asia, centered around the area of the seven rivers in present-day southeastern Kazakhstan and parts of Kyrgyzstan.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Semirechye region | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Ili River valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Balkhash region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tien Shan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centeredAround | area of seven rivers ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Almaty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bishkek region ⓘ Verny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryDuringRussianEmpire | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | continental climate ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRegionName | Jetysu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandscape |
mountain foothills
ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ semi-desert areas ⓘ steppe ⓘ |
| historicallyInhabitedBy |
Kazakh people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyrgyz people NERFINISHED ⓘ Uighur people NERFINISHED ⓘ nomadic Turkic tribes ⓘ |
| historicalNameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| historicalTradeRoute | Silk Road branches ⓘ |
| importantRiver |
Aksu River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baskan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Chu River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ili River NERFINISHED ⓘ Karatal River NERFINISHED ⓘ Lepsy River NERFINISHED ⓘ Talgar River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| JetysuNameLanguage | Kazakh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| JetysuNameMeaning | Seven Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| modernRegionCorrespondsTo |
Almaty Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhetysu Region NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Kyrgyz Chüy Region ⓘ |
| namedAfter | seven rivers ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Seven Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partiallyLocatedIn |
present-day Kyrgyzstan
ⓘ
present-day southeastern Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| SemirechyeOblastExistedUnder |
Russian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Turkestan Governor-Generalship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsTermIn |
Russian imperial geography
ⓘ
Soviet historical geography ⓘ |
| wasAdministrativeUnit | Semirechye Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPartOf |
Kazakh Khanate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Turkestan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.