Zharkent

Zharkent Жаркент
Town
Zharkent
Coordinates: 44°10′N 80°0′E / 44.167°N 80.000°E / 44.167; 80.000
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Almaty Region
District	Panfilov District
Population (2009)
• Total	33,350
Time zone	UTC + 6 (UTC+6)
Postal codes	041300-041305
Area code(s)	+7 72831

Zharkent or Jarkent (Kazakh: Жаркент / Jarkent), formerly known as Panfilov (Russian: Панфилов, until 1991) and Dzharkent (Russian: Джаркент, 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: 33,350 (2009 Census results);^[1] 32,656 (1999 Census results).^[1]

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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Almaty Region
Capital: Taldykorgan
Districts	Aksu Alakol Balkhash Enbekshikazakh Eskeldi Ile Karasay Karatal Kerbulak Koksu Panfilov Raiymbek Sarkand Talgar Uygur Zhambyl
Major cities and towns	Bakanas Balpyk Bi Boralday Esik Kapshagay Karabulak Kaskelen Kegen Sarkand Taldykorgan Talgar Tekeli Usharal Ushtobe Uzynagash Zhansugirov Zharkent
Settlements	Abay Akbulak Akdala Akkaynar Akozek Akshiy Aksu Aktas Aktuma Aktyube Alatau Aleksandrovka Alga Algabas Alghabas Ali Altynemel Amangel'dy Aqbalyq Aqdala Aqkol Aqshi Aqtam Aqzhar Arasan Arkabay Arqarly Artel' vostok Ashchibulak Ashchybulak Avat Aydarly Aynabulaq Azat Baganashyl Bakanas Balasaz Balatopar Balpyk Bi Baltabay Baqanas Baqbaqty Basqynshy Baybulak Bayserka Bayserke Bazarkel'dy Bel'bulak Bereke Beskol Bezvodnyy Birlik Bozinggen Burunday Chapayevo Ushkonyr Cherkasskoe Chilik Chundzha Dmitrievka Dostyq Dvenadtsatogo Dekabrya Dyusen' Dzerzhinskoe Dzhanek Ekiasha Ekinshi beszhyldyq Ekpindi Elaman Enbekshi Esik Fabrichnyy Frunze Gagarino Gerasimovka Gornyy Sadovod Gvardeyskiy Ili Imeni Panfilova Imeni Sverdlova Intymak Isayevo Kalinino Kalinovka Kalkaman Kamenka Kamennoye Plato Kapchagay Karabulak Karagayly Karakastek Karakemer Karaoy Karaturyk Kaskelen Kasymbek Kauchuk Kaynar Kaynazar Kayrat Kazarma Kazatkom Kegen Kengzhyra Kerbulak Ketpen Kirovo Kishi qaraoy Klyuchi Kokkaynar Kokozek Kokpek Koksu Koktal Koktobe Koktuma Lenino Lepsi Madeniyet Malovodnoye Malybay Masaq Matay Maylybay Mezhdurechenskoe Molaly Mynbayevo Narynkol Nechayev sad Nikolaevka Novoalekseevka Novopokrovka Obukhovka Oktryabr' Oktyabr' Otegen Batyr Panzhim Pervomayskiy Podgornoye Pokrovka Politotdel Pryamoy put' Put Ilyicha Qabanbay Qalzhat Qanshenggel Qapal Qarabastau Qarabulaq Qaraoy Qarashoqy Qarasu Qazaqstan Qoghaly Qongyroleng Qorghas Qospan Qoyankoz Qoylyq Quyghan Qyzylaghash Qyzylashchy Qyzylqayrat Qyzyltu Raimbek Rakhat Raz'yezd Sem'desyat Razdolnoye Rudnichny Rybach'e Samsy Sarkand Sarqan Sarybastau Sarybel Sarybulak Saryozek Saryzhaz Saty Sharyn Shatyrbay Shelek Shengel'dy Shilikemer Shugyla Skotovod Spetsgorodok Sumbe Suyksay Talap Taldybulak Taldykorgan Talgar Talghar Taran Tashkensaz Tastybulak Tauturgen Tekeli Tekes Teskensu Tolkyn Troitskoye Turar Turgen Tuyyq Tuzusay Usharal Ushbulaq Ushtobe Uzynbulaq Vtoraya Pyatiletka Yanaturmysh Yenbek Yenbekshi Yermensay Yesentay Yesik Yevgenyevka Yubileynoye