# Shymkent Zoo

- **Country:** Kazakhstan
- **Coordinates:** 42.376971, 69.628091
- **Area:** 54 ha
- **Opened:** 1980
- **Website:** https://shymkentzoo.kz/ru/
- **Location:** Shymkent, Kazakhstan
- **Zoo Name:** Шымкент хайуанханасыShymkent Zoo
- **Date Opened:** 1980
- **Num Animals:** 1600
- **Num Species:** 185
- **Logo Caption:** Shymkent Zoo Logo

The Shymkent Zoo (; ) is the state zoo of the city Shymkent in Kazakhstan. It is one of the largest and oldest zoological parks in the country. From the total zoo's area of , under an exposition . The Shymkent Zoo contains more than 20 kinds of animals brought in the 'Red book'. 25% of requirements of forages for animals the zoo grow up on own earth, the area of .

![Photo of Shymkent Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Africa-Section-of-Zoo-Shymkent.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shymkent_Zoo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)