East Kazakhstan Region

East Kazakhstan Province Шығыс Қазақстан облысы
Province
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)
• 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 . 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.

See also

• Semipalatinsk Test Site.

External links

• Official regional administration website