1) City in Central Asia 
Shymkent (Шымкент / Şımkent), formerly known as Chimkent (Чимкент) until 1993, is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 629,600 (2011). A major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia R...