Zharly () is a settlement in Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Nurken Rural District (KATO code - 354853100). Population: Zharly is the birthplace of late Soviet Air Forces pilot Nurken Abdirov (1919 â 1942).
Zharly lies by the Zharly river in the Kazakh Uplands about to the southwest of the district capital Karkaraly.