Regions of Kazakhstan

Regions of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан облыстары, قازاقستان وبلىستارى (Kazakh)
Области Казахстана (Russian)
Regions of Kazakhstan; Қазақстан облыстары, قازاقستان وبلىستارى (Kazakh); Области Казахстана (Russian)
Also known as:; Province; Oblast;
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Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Kazakhstan
Number	14 regions and 4 cities (Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Baikonur, Shymkent)
Populations	36,175 (Baikonur) – 2,685,009 (Turkistan)
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 (Template:Lang-kz/oblystar; singular: облыс/oblys; Template:Lang-ru/oblasti; singular: область/oblast' ). The regions are further subdivided into districts (Template:Lang-kz/audandar; singular: аудан/اۋدان/audan; Template:Lang-ru/rayoni; singular: Template:Lang-ru/rayon). Four cities (Baikonur, Shymkent, the largest city Almaty, and the capital Nur-Sultan) are not part of the regions they are surrounded by.

Full English name	Type	Full Kazakh name	Full Russian name	Standard time
Akmola Region	region	Ақмола облысы اقمولا وبلىسى Aqmola oblysy	Акмолинская область Akmolinskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Aktobe Region	region	Ақтөбе облысы اقتوبە وبلىسى Aqtöbe oblysy	Актюбинская область Aktyubinskaya Oblast′	UTC+05:00
Almaty	city^{[nb 1]}	Алматы қаласы الماتى قالاسى Almaty qalasy	город Алматы gorod Almaty	UTC+06:00
Almaty Region	region	Алматы облысы الماتى وبلىسى Almaty oblysy	Алматинская область Almatinskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Atyrau Region	region^{[nb 2]}	Атырау облысы اتىراۋ وبلىسى Atyrau oblysy	Атырауская область Atyrauskaya Oblast′	UTC+05:00
Baikonur	city^{[nb 3]}	Байқоңыр қаласы بايقوڭىر قالاسى Baiqoñyr qalasy	город Байконур gorod Baykonur	UTC+05:00^[1]
East Kazakhstan Region	region	Шығыс Қазақстан облысы شىعىس قازاقستان وبلىسى Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy	Восточно-Казахстанская область Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Jambyl Region	region	Жамбыл облысы جامبىل وبلىسى Jambyl oblysy	Жамбылская область Zhambylskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Karaganda Region	region	Қарағанды облысы قاراعاندى وبلىسى Qarağandy oblysy	Карагандинская область Karagandinskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Kostanay Region	region	Қостанай облысы قوستاناي وبلىسى Qostanai oblysy	Костанайская область Kostanayskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Kyzylorda Region	region	Қызылорда облысы قىزىلوردا وبلىسى Qyzylorda oblysy	Кызылординская область Kyzylordinskaya Oblast′	UTC+05:00
Mangystau Region	region	Маңғыстау облысы ماڭعىستاۋ وبلىسى Mañğystau oblysy	Мангыстауская область Mangystauskaya Oblast′	UTC+05:00
North Kazakhstan Region	region	Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы سولتۇستىك قازاقستان وبلىسى Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy	Северо-Казахстанская область Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Nur-Sultan	city^{[nb 1]}	Нұр-Сұлтан қаласы نۇر سطان قالاسى Nūr-Sūltan qalasy	город Нур-Султан gorod Nur-Sultan	UTC+06:00
Pavlodar Region	region	Павлодар облысы پاۆلودار وبلىسى Pavlodar oblysy	Павлодарская область Pavlodarskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
Shymkent	city^{[nb 1]}	Шымкент қаласы شىمكەنت قالاسی Şymkent qalasy	город Шымкент gorod Shymkent	UTC+06:00
Turkistan Region (formerly South Kazakhstan)	region	Түркістан облысы تۇركىستان وبلىسى Türkıstan oblysy	Туркестанская область Turkestanskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
West Kazakhstan Region	region^{[nb 2]}	Батыс Қазақстан облысы باتىس قازاقستان وبلىسى Batys Qazaqstan oblysy	Западно-Казахстанская область Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′	UTC+05:00

Notes

^1 Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Shymkent cities have the status of State significance 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)^[2]	Population Density	ISO 3166-2 Code
Akmola Region	Kokshetau	146,219	737,495	5.044	KZ-AKM
Aktobe Region	Aktobe	300,629	757,768	2.521	KZ-AKT
Almaty	Almaty	319	1,365,632	4281	KZ-ALA
Almaty Region	Taldykorgan	223,924	1,807,894	6.099	KZ-ALM
Nur-Sultan	Nur-Sultan	710	613,006	863.4	KZ-AST
Atyrau Region	Atyrau	118,631	510,377	4.302	KZ-ATY
Baikonur	Baikonur	57	36,175	644.6	KZ-BAY*
East Kazakhstan Region	Oskemen	283,226	1,396,593	4.931	KZ-VOS
Jambyl Region	Taraz	144,264	1,022,129	7.085	KZ-ZHA
Karaganda Region	Karaganda	427,982	1,341,700	3.135	KZ-KAR
Kostanay Region	Kostanay	196,001	885,570	4.518	KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda Region	Kyzylorda	226,019	678,794	3.003	KZ-KZY
Mangystau Region	Aktau	165,642	485,392	2.930	KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan Region	Petropavl	97,993	596,535	6.088	KZ-SEV
Pavlodar Region	Pavlodar	124,800	742,475	5.948	KZ-PAV
Shymkent	Shymkent	1,170	603,499	515.81	KZ-
Turkistan Region	Turkistan	117,249	2,469,357	21.06	KZ-TUR
West Kazakhstan Region	Oral	151,339	598,880	3.957	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 the Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form a majority.^[3]

References

^ On the time change in the city of Baikonur and Kyzylorda region, Administration of the city of Baikonur, 13 December 2018 (in Russian).
^ "Analytical report" (PDF). www.liportal.de. 2009. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
^ 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] On the time change in the city of Baikonur and Kyzylorda region, Administration of the city of Baikonur, 13 December 2018 (in Russian).

[2] "Analytical report" (PDF). www.liportal.de. 2009. Retrieved 2021-03-07.

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

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