City profile · Kazakhstan · Asia
Semey
Abai Region · Kazakhstan
City population
292,780
#11
in Kazakhstan
#1
in Abai Region
#1,955
worldwide
50.421, 80.250 · 624 km from Astana
About Semey
Semey is a city in Abai Region, Kazakhstan with a population of 292,780. It is the 11th largest of the 83 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Kazakhstan, and the 1,955th largest worldwide. It lies 624 km from Astana.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Abai Region
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
195 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Almaty
Coordinates
50.421, 80.250
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 83 in KazakhstanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.