Regions of Kazakhstan

Regions of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан аймақтары (Kazakh)
Регионы Казахстана (Russian)
Regions of Kazakhstan; Қазақстан аймақтары (Kazakh); Регионы Казахстана (Russian)
Also known as:; Province; Oblast;
	Template:Provinces of Kazakhstan Image Map
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Kazakhstan
Number	14 regions & 3 cities (Almaty, Astana, Baikonur)
Populations	36,175 (Baikonur) – 2,685,009 (South Kazakhstan)
Areas	680 km2 (263 sq mi) (Almaty) - 427,980 km2 (165,245 sq mi) (Karaganda)
Government	Region government, National government;
Subdivisions	District;

Kazakhstan is divided into 14 regions (Kazakh: облыстар / oblıstar; singular: облыс / oblıs; Russian: области / oblasti; singular: область / oblast' ). The regions are further subdivided into districts (Kazakh: аудандар / awdandar; singular: аудан / awdan; Russian: районы / rayony; singular: район / rayon ).

Full English name	Type	Full Kazakh name	Full Russian name	standard time
Akmola Region	region	Ақмола облысы Aqmola oblısı	Акмолинская область Akmolinskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Aktobe Region	region	Ақтөбе облысы Aqtöbe oblısı	Актюбинская область Aktyubinskaya Oblast	UTC+05:00
Almaty	city^{[nb 1]}	Алматы қаласы Almatı qalası	город Алматы gorod Almaty	UTC+06:00
Almaty Region	region	Алматы облысы Almatı oblısı	Алматинская область Almatinskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
Astana	city^{[nb 1]}	Астана қаласы Astana qalası	город Астана gorod Astana	UTC+06:00
Atyrau Region	region^{[nb 2]}	Атырау облысы Atıraw oblısı	Атырауская область Atyrauskaya Oblast	UTC+05:00
Baikonur	city^{[nb 3]}	Байқоңыр қаласы Bayqoñır qalası	город Байконур gorod Baykonur	UTC+06:00
East Kazakhstan Region	region	Шығыс Қазақстан облысы Şığıs Qazaqstan oblısı	Восточно-Казахстанская область Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
Jambyl Region	region	Жамбыл облысы Jambıl oblısı	Жамбылская область Zhambylskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
Karaganda Region	region	Қарағанды облысы Qarağandı oblısı	Карагандинская область Karagandinskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
Kostanay Region	region	Қостанай облысы Qostanay oblısı	Костанайская область Kostanayskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
Kyzylorda Region	region	Қызылорда облысы Qızılorda oblısı	Кызылординская область Kyzylordinskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
Mangystau Region	region	Маңғыстау облысы Mañğıstaw oblısı	Мангыстауская область Mangystauskaya Oblast	UTC+05:00
North Kazakhstan Region	region	Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы Soltüstik Qazaqstan oblısı	Северо-Казахстанская область Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
Pavlodar Region	region	Павлодар облысы Pavlodar oblısı	Павлодарская область Pavlodarskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
South Kazakhstan Region	region	Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы Oñtüstik Qazaqstan oblısı	Южно-Казахстанская область Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
West Kazakhstan Region	region^{[nb 2]}	Батыс Қазақстан облысы Batıs Qazaqstan oblısı	Западно-Казахстанская область Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast	UTC+05:00

Notes

^1 Almaty and Astana cities have the status of State importance and do not relate to any region.

^2 The West Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions are both partly located in Eastern Europe as the Ural River run through Atyrau and Oral, their respective capital cities.

^3 Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur Cosmodrome until the year 2050.

Demographic statistics

Entity	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (2009 census)	ISO 3166-2 Code
Akmola Region	Kokshetau	146,219	0,731,133	KZ-AKM
Aktobe Region	Aktobe	300,629	0,786,209	KZ-AKT
Almaty	Almaty	000,319	1,450,095	KZ-ALA
Almaty Region	Taldykorgan	223,924	1,909,189	KZ-ALM
Astana	Astana	000,710	0,734,014	KZ-AST
Atyrau Region	Atyrau	118,631	0,542,937	KZ-ATY
Baikonur	Baikonur	000,057	0,070,000	KZ-BAY*
East Kazakhstan Region	Oskemen	283,226	1,394,963	KZ-VOS
Jambyl Region	Taraz	144,264	1,055,942	KZ-ZHA
Karaganda Region	Karaganda	427,982	1,357,943	KZ-KAR
Kostanay Region	Kostanay	196,001	0,879,523	KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda Region	Kyzylorda	226,019	0,712,915	KZ-KZY
Mangystau Region	Aktau	165,642	0,545,975	KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan Region	Petropavl	097,993	0,583,561	KZ-SEV
Pavlodar Region	Pavlodar	124,800	0,746,829	KZ-PAV
South Kazakhstan Region	Shymkent	117,249	2,622,125	KZ-YUZ
West Kazakhstan Region	Oral	151,339	0,612,516	KZ-ZAP

Former Administrative Boundaries

Over the last 60 years, both the distribution and names of regions of Kazakhstan have changed considerably. Major changes were several fusions and splits between Guryev and Mangystau, Karaganda and Dzhezkazgan, Almaty and Taldy-Kurgan, East Kazakhstan and Semipalatinsk and Kostanay, Turgay and Tselinograd, respectively. Changes in region names were often in line with the renaming of cities, such as in the case of Alma-Ata/Almaty. After the administrative reform in 1997, the last change happened since then took place in 1999, when parts of North Kazakhstan that originally belonged to Kokshetau region became part of Akmola. The 1990s merges were in order to dilute Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form majority.^[1]

References

^ Bologov, Pyotr (25 August 2016). "Три угрозы для Назарбаева: насколько стабилен Казахстан" (in Russian). carnegie.ru. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

Sources

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[1] Bologov, Pyotr (25 August 2016). "Три угрозы для Назарбаева: насколько стабилен Казахстан" (in Russian). carnegie.ru. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

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