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Kyzylorda
City in Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan

Kyzylorda

Kyzylorda is a city in south-central Kazakhstan, capital of Kyzylorda Region and former capital of the Kazakh ASSR from 1925 to 1927.

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Get in

Getting to Kyzylorda

  1. 01
    Korkyt Ata Airport
  2. 02
    Kyzylorda Railway Station
  3. 03
    Kyzylorda Bus Terminal

    Confirm the departure point when buying a ticket, as some regional services leave from other locations.

  4. 04
    Avtovokzal Saltanat
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Central City Park
  2. 02
    War Memorial and Eternal Flame

    A war memorial with an eternal flame and a large artillery piece, just north of the central park.

  3. 03
    Kyzylorda Regional Museum
  4. 04
    Aitbai Mosque

    An historic mosque dating from the late 19th century.

Do

Things to do

Walk through the central park and the streets around the railway station. Visit the Syr Darya riverfront. Use Kyzylorda as a base for trips toward the Aral Sea, Baikonur and historical sites in the Kyzylorda Region.

Eat

Where to eat

Restaurants, cafés and small food shops are concentrated in the central area. The railway station area also has places to buy basic food and drinks.

How locals move

Getting around Kyzylorda the local way

  • Get inLong-distance buses and shared taxis serve destinations in the region.
  • Get inA second local marshrutka station is near Bokeykhan Street.

From Wikivoyage: Kyzylorda, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

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