Taraz

Taraz is in the Kazakh Desert. Wikivoyage

Population 418,368 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Kazakhstan

• 101FireFire
• 102PolicePolice
• 103AmbulanceAmbulance
• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Kazakhstan

Getting there

Where are you starting from?

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Still gathering the markets around Taraz. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Погибшим полицейским Memorial · 420 m
• Төле би ескерткіші Memorial · 610 m
• Койгельды Memorial · 620 m
• Рысқұлбеков Memorial · 690 m
• Кастеев Museum · 900 m
• Тараз қаласы әкімдігінің кәсіпкерлік, өнеркәсіп және туризм бөлімі Museum · 980 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• Парк 840 m across 1.1 km
• Rysqulbekov Park 390 m across 570 m
• Жеңіс саябағы 620 m across 1.0 km
• Тұрар Рысқұлов паркі 540 m across 1.6 km

Getting around

• Taraz 3.0 km
• Жансая 3.2 km
• Buryl station 5.0 km
• Taraz Bus Station 5.2 km

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