Editing Semey (section)

{{More citations needed|date=January 2024}}{{Short description|City in Abai Region, Kazakhstan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Semey
| native_name        = {{native name|kk|Семей}}
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Kazakhstan|City]]
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage
 | photo1a =  Abay museum in Semey.jpg
 | photo3b = Revolution Monument Semey.JPG{{!}}
 | photo2a = 2-minaret mosque in Semey.jpg{{!}}
 | photo2b = Semey - panoramio.jpg{{!}}
 | photo3a = Mosque Semey.jpg{{!}}
 | photo4a = Semey Medicine Academy.jpg{{!}}
| color = white
 | color_border = white
 | position = center
 | spacing = 2
 | size = 266
 | foot_montage =
}}
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = Semey Coat of Arms.jpg
| image_map          = 
| map_caption        = 
| pushpin_map        = Kazakhstan
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_mapsize    = 280
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan
| subdivision_type   = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
| subdivision_type2  = Urban okres
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| subdivision_name1  = [[Abai Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| established_title2 = Founded
| established_date2  = 1718
| established_title3 = Incorporated ([[city]])
| established_date3  = 1782
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Akim <small>([[mayor]])</small>
| leader_name        = [[Talgat Muratov]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.inform.kz/news/new-mayor-of-semey-city-named-d505ab|title=New mayor of Semey city named|language=en|publisher=inform.kz|date=2024-12-23|access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_sq_mi   = 
| area_total_km2     = 210
| area_land_sq_mi    = 
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| area_urban_sq_mi   = 
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| population_as_of   = Nov 1, 2024
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 312 764
| population_urban   = 
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| timezone           = [[Time in Kazakhstan]]
| utc_offset         = +5
| timezone_DST       = 
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| coordinates        = {{coord|50|26|0|N|80|16|0|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
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| postal_code_type   = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code        = F1*****
| area_code          = +7 7222
| registration_plate = U, 16
| website            = 
| footnotes          = 
}}
[[File:Semey Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Bridge in Semey,<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/148785/ The New bridge in Semey on Wikimapia]</ref> 2007]]
[[File:Landsat semei.jpg|thumb|right|220px|NASA satellite photo of Semey]]
'''Semey''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ɪ|ˈ|m|eɪ|,_|s|ɛ|-}}; {{langx|kk|Семей / Semei}} {{IPA|kk|sʲɪˈmʲej|}} {{Pronunciation|Kk-semey.ogg|listen|(|help=no}}, formerly known as '''Semipalatinsk''' ({{langx|ru|Семипалатинск}} {{IPA|ru|sʲɪmʲɪpɐˈɫatʲɪnsk|}}) until 2007 and as '''Alash-Qala''' ({{langx|kk|Алаш-қала / Alaş-qala}} {{IPA|kk|ɑˌɫɑʃ‿qɑˈɫɑ|}}) from 1917 to 1920, is a city in eastern [[Kazakhstan]], in the Kazakh part of [[Siberia]]. When [[Abai Region]] was created in 2022, Semey became its administrative centre. It lies along the [[Irtysh River]] near the border with [[Russia]], {{convert|1000|km|sp=us}} north of [[Almaty]] and {{convert|700|km|sp=us}} southeast of the Russian city of [[Omsk]]. Its population is 312,764 (stat.gov.kz).