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Revision as of 03:18, 18 March 2010
East Kazakhstan Province
Шығыс Қазақстан облысы | |
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 Map of Kazakhstan, location of East Kazakhstan Province highlighted | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Capital | Oskemen |
| Government | |
| • Akim | Janibek Karibjanov |
| Area | |
• Total | 283,300 km2 (109,400 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,442,000 |
| • Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (East) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (not observed) |
| Postal codes | 070000 |
| Area codes | +7 (722), +7 (723) |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-VOS |
| Vehicle registration | F |
| Districts | 15 |
| Cities | 10 |
| Townships | 30 |
| Villages | 870 |
| Website | http://akimvko.gov.kz/ |
East Kazakhstan Province (Kazakh: Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, Şığıs Qazaqstan oblısı, شىعىس قازاقستان وبلىسى) is a province of Kazakhstan. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, along both sides of the Irtysh River and Lake Zaysan. Its capital is Oskemen (also referred to as Ust-Kamenogorsk). The province borders Russia in the north and northeast and the People's Republic of China (Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region) in the south and southeast. The easternmost point of the Oblast is also very near, within 50 kilometers or so of the westernmost tip of Mongolia; however, Kazakhstan and Mongolia do not share a common border, the two countries being separated by a small part of Russia and China.It also borders the Kazakh Provinces of Pavlodar Province(to the north west), Karagandy Province(to the west), & Almaty Province(to the south).
The population of the province is 1,442,000, of which 320,000 live in the capital. The area has many Russians and Ukrainians; the capital itself has more of those two groups than Kazakhs themselves [citation needed]. The area is 283,300 in square kilometers.
The province was created by the merger of two Soviet-era Kazakhstan oblasts: the old Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya (East Kazakhstan) Oblast and Semipalatinsk Oblast.
Demographics
65% of the population is ethnic Kazakh and 30% Russian.[2]
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