North Kazakhstan Province

North Kazakhstan Province
North Kazakhstan Province; Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы
	— Province —
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	Map of Kazakhstan, location of North Kazakhstan Province highlighted
	Coordinates: 54°53′N 69°10′E / 54.883°N 69.167°ECoordinates: 54°53′N 69°10′E / 54.883°N 69.167°E
Country	Kazakhstan
Capital	Petropavl
	Government
- Akim	Serik Bilyalov
	Area
- Total	98,040 km2 (37,853.5 sq mi)
	Population (2005-01-01)
- Total	665,800
- Density	6.8/km2 (17.6/sq mi)
Time zone	East (UTC+6)
- Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+6)
Postal codes	150000
Area codes	+7 (715)
ISO 3166 code	KZ-SEV
Vehicle registration	T
Districts	13
Cities	5
Townships
Villages	208
Website	http://www.sko.kz/

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North Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, Soltüstik Qazaqstan oblısı) is a province of Kazakhstan, with a population of 665,800. Its capital is Petropavl, with a population of 193,300 people. The province borders Russia to the north, and also borders three other Kazakh provinces: Akmola Province to the south, Pavlodar Province to the east and Kostanay Province to the west. The area of the province is 98,040 square kilometers, making it the fourth smallest of all the Kazakh provinces. The Ishim (Esil) River, a tributary of the Irtysh River, flows from Karagandy Province to Russia through North Kazakhstan Province.

[edit] Demographics

The major ethnic groups are as follows:

Russians (48.5% in 2006, 49.79% in 1999 & 51.49% in 1989).
Kazakhs (32.3% in 2006, 29.57% in 1999 & 22.59% in 1989).
Ukrainian (6.3% in 2006, 6.47% in 1999 & 7.73% in 1989).
German (3.9% in 2006, 5.67% in 1999 & 9.51% in 1989).
Polish (2.7% in 2006, 2.58% in 1999 & 2.51% in 1989).
Tatar (2.2% in 2006, 1.54% in 1999 & 1.80% in 1989).
Byelorussian (1.2% in 2006, 2.46% in 1999 & 2.89% in 1989).
Others, mostly Greeks, Mordvin & Uzbek (2.9% in 2006, 2.11% in 1999 & 2.18% in 1989). [1]