What is Kentau?
[[Image:Кентау. Вид 006. 2007.10.JPG|thumb|250px|Kentau]] '''Kentau''' ({{lang-kk|Кентау}}) is a [[city]] in the [[Turkistan Region]] of [[Kazakhstan]]. As of 2023, the [[population]] of the city is 74,464 and the population of [[urban area]] is 99,400.<ref name=pop2023>{{Cite web|date=2023-01-01|title=Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan by gender and type of area (as of 2023-01-01)|url=https://stat.gov.kz/api/getFile/?docId=ESTAT478686|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305101742/https://stat.gov.kz/api/getFile/?docId=ESTAT478686|archive-date=2023-03-05|website=QazStat}}</ref> The city was called Mirgalimsay. In 1955 it was renamed to Kentau and given city status. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Kazakhstan]] [[Category:Turkistan Region]] {{asia-stub}}