Ushkonyr (Kazakh: Үшқоңыр, Üşqoñyr), formerly known as Shamalgan (Kazakh: Шамалған, Şamalğan) or Chemolgan (Russian: Чемолган), is a rural community near Almaty in Kazakhstan.

It is notable as the birthplace of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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