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''' Kaskelen''' ({{Langx|kk|Қаскелең}}, ''Qaskeleñ'') is a town and seat of [[Karasay District]] in [[Almaty Region]] of south-eastern [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>[[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]. [[GeoNames]] database entry. ([http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/ search]) Accessed 2011-05-13.</ref> Population: {{Kz-census2009|58,418|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|37,221|punct=.}}
The city contains [[Suleyman Demirel University]].
== References ==
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{{Almaty Region}}
[[Category:Populated places in Almaty Region]]
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