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 | | Southwards from the last-named, however, at the foot of the mountains and at the entrance to the valleys, there are rich areas of fertile land, which are being rapidly colonized by Russian immigrants, who have also penetrated into the Tian-shan, to the east of Lake Issyk-kul. |
 | | The remainder of the province consists of a fertile steppe in the north-east (Sergiopol), and vast uninhabitable sand-steppes on the south of Lake Balkash. |
 | | The province is divided into six districts, the chief towns of which are Vyernyi (the capital),Jarkent, Kopal, Pishpek, Przhevalsk and Sergiopol. |
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