Syganak Town
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Syganak Town

It is located 10 km north-west of Tyumenaryk station of Zhanakorgan district of Kyzylorda region. Chronological period: VI-XVIII centuries.The first information about the city can be found in the X century Persian work "Hudud al-Alam".

44°02′ N · 67°00′ E

It is located 10 km north-west of Tyumenaryk station of Zhanakorgan district of Kyzylorda region. Chronological period: VI-XVIII centuries.The first information about the city can be found in the X century Persian work "Hudud al-Alam". In the X century, Syganak was the trade and political center of the Huns and Kangly tribes, and in the second half of the XI century, the Kipchak state. During the Syganak, Deshti Kipchak was famous not only as a border trade point, but also for its vastness, safety and tranquility. Well-developed medicine.In its history of about 2000, the city was the capital of the Kanglys, the Kipchak Khanate (XI-XII centuries), the White Horde (XIII-XIV centuries), the Abulkhair Khanate (XV century), the Kazakh Khanate (XVI century). This city is important for the Kazakh people as a symbol of trade relations, economic relations between the states, the political system, tolerance, khanate, interethnic friendship and national identity.

References:1. Kazakhstan sacred objects
of whole national importance. – Astana: Foliant, 2017. –
p.122-124.

  1. The sacred Kazakhstan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP3wdjKE3TI