🇰🇿 Semey, until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk and in 1917–1920 as Alash-qala, is a city in eastern Kazakhstan, in the Kazakh part of Siberia. It lies along the Irtysh River near the border with Russia, 1,000 km (620 mi) north of Almaty and 700 km (430 mi) south-east of the Russian city of Omsk.
1Higher education Semey is famous for its intellectual medical community with leading Semey State Medical University which provides the region and the country with highly professional health specialists.
1Transportation Semey is situated at the Turkestan–Siberia Railway and offers connections to Almaty (former Alma-Ata), Barnaul, and Novosibirsk, among others.
1Semey has a population of over 299,264 people. Semey also forms the centre of the wider Abai Region which has a population of over 638,300 people. It is also a part of the larger East Kazakhstan Region.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Semey has links with:
🇷🇺 Rubtsovsk, Russia 🇧🇪 Ypres, Belgium